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You’d think the most expensive part would be the quark-gluon plasma chamber, but it’s actually usually the tube to the top of the atmosphere to carry the cosmic rays down.

https://explainxkcd.com/2982

  • addie@feddit.uk
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    Yeah, I’m with you there - worked for twenty years in water treatment myself. Water before it’s been chlorinated / chloraminated for supply? Makes the best cups of tea and coffee ever - you need to boil it, of course. RO water? Vile.