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1. There is a massive crisis in Venezuela
I was made aware of this by @cryptosharon, she is in Venezuela at the moment and she is saying there has been a complete meltdown of the economy.
This is following years of frustration with their president who seems to be a corrupt dictator.
From what I can see there has been no power for a number of days, following shortages of food, medicine and water.
Their currency is so worthless, people have been using the the note papers to fold into bags and sculptures to sell. Its a complete humanitarian crisis and Colombia have taken in millions of Venezuelans.
I watched some videos on youtube and I see some people are literally selling their hair for enough money to get over the border.
Photo by @cryptosharon
2. The scientific name of the Western Lowland Gorilla
The scientific name for this Gorilla is "Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla" (I kid you not)
They are subspecies of the Western Gorilla ( scientific name : Gorilla Gorilla)
3. Some lakes can erupt a gas cloud that will suffocate all surrounding humans and animals .
Its a natural disaster called a Limnic Eruption or Lake Overturn in which a high concentration of dissolved Carbon Dioxide (CO2) erupts from a lake and practically forms a fatal gas chamber to the surrounding area.
> " In recent history, this phenomenon has been observed twice. The first recorded limnic eruption occurred in Cameroon at Lake Monoun in 1984, causing asphyxiation and death of 37 people living nearby.A second, deadlier eruption happened at neighbouring Lake Nyos in 1986, this time releasing over 80 million m3 of CO2, killing around 1,700 people and 3,500 livestock, again by asphyxiation.
View of the Lake Nyos (Cameroon) from wikipedia
4. The Ethiopian Airlines Crash from Sunday Morning Was The Same Model Of Boeing That Crashed In Indonesia In October Last Year!
Both flights took place on the Boeing 737 MAX 8 -- a new model recently unveiled by the US aviation giant, that saw its first flight less than two years ago.
"At the root of October's Lion Air crash was a new safety system installed in the MAX 8 plane, known as the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), that automatically pulls the plane's nose down if data suggests it is at risk.
In that flight, the system was responding to faulty data that suggested the nose was tilted at a higher angle than it was, indicating the plane was at risk of stalling.
The pilots subsequently engaged in a futile tug-of-war with the plane's automatic systems, trying to reverse a nosedive that should not be triggered so soon after takeoff. Boeing has argued that pilots should have identified the system was in operation, and turned it off."