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• tektite@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  When lightning strikes sand it creates fulgerites.

  Tektites are meteorites that are formed when meteorites strike.

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  • brisk@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I am sorry for insulting your people

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    • tektite@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Right. Now don’t do it again!

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      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Hi! You included a link which is really difficult for mobile users to tap. Here is a much longer and more tappable link.

        I am not a bot, and this action was performed manually. I recall that there was a bot for this on Reddit. Does an equivalent exist on Lemmy yet?

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• brisk@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Oh look there’s a whole Wikipedia page on it

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_glass

  Possibly an accidental byproduct of metal working

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• Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I thought you were talking about tektites for a second.

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• Hule@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Jules Verne wrote about this in one of his novels. The mysterious island, iirc.

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• _sideffect@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Ha, nice reference

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