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Swim out to the pelagic zone of your sea of knowledge, then dive, dive, dive.
Atlantic Trivia
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What author published three books about the sea from 1941 to 1955 before writing her most famous, about pesticides, in 1962?
That last book is Silent Spring.
And by the way, did you know that if all the salt in the world’s oceans were extracted and dried out, a layer of it could cover the entirety of the Earth’s land?
The layer, in case you’re interested, would be more than 500 feet thick.
Have a great weekend!
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