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The Berkeley Pit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Pit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Pit) is similarly fantasy-novel in its toxicity. Indeed, it is
by presidentender 16y ago
The Berkeley Pit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Pit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Pit) is similarly fantasy-novel in its toxicity. Indeed, it is the result of the works of men, inadvertently poisoning the land in their search for buried riches.
It dissolves the geese that land on it, but they still found life in it not too long ago.
- samstokes 16y ago+1 for "dissolves the geese".
- pig 16y agoGoose goo
- presidentender 16y agoThat's an exaggeration, but it is extremely hostile.
- spacemanaki 16y agoThis was the subject of a Radiolab segment not too long ago: http://www.radiolab.org/2010/jun/28/even-the-worst-laid-plans/ http://www.radiolab.org/2010/jun/28/even-the-worst-laid-plan... I have to post links to Radiolab whenever something related comes up on HN because I am so sure that many HN readers would love Radiolab, and I am afraid there are still people out there who haven't discovered it.