China has near global monopolies on these exports, accounting for 98% of global gallium production, 93% of germanium production, and 49% of antimony production.

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    1 month ago

    gallium

    germanium

    it would be really funny if china just started referring to e*ropean countries as if they were provinces of the roman empire again

    Death to America

        • Anvil_Lavigne [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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          there is a place in f*nland called bear’s asshole. it is in no way the only place w/ a name like this. why yes i have in fact experienced schlong lake.

          js the country is a shit hole BUT having just one scientific thing named after a bizarre location there would do a lil bit to redeem it maybe

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            this is also the only redeeming feature of terf island, it has an unlimited quantity of extremely rude place names.

            but then again, there is a place in spain that basically translates as “the fuck”, as in the act of fucking

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              In Denmark there is a town whose name can be translated as “dick”. The next town over is named “intestine”. If you drive south you can cross the border to Germany in a village named “semen”. Don’t go north though or you might end up in the joyful village literally named “darkness”, you will have a better time in “beer place”.

              And for some reason English-speakers seems to think the town of Middelfart has a funny name.