Wednesday, March 15 - Submarine shopping success; seaside resorts in central Africa; Ursula and Ariel make a splash; and a vaccine against misinformation.

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LINKS

Today’s Quick Links: 

Squiz Kids Book Club: https://www.squizkids.com.au/book_club/ 

The Virginia Class Attack Submarine: https://www.military.com/equipment/virginia-class-attack-submarine-ssn

New fleet of 8 nuclear submarines: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/new-fleet-of-eight-nuclear-submarines-to-be-built-in-australia-in-368-billion-deal-20230314-p5crt9.html

The split of the African continent: https://qz.com/these-six-countries-will-have-a-coastline-if-africa-spl-1850218248

The Great Rift Valley: Where Africa is splitting in two: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2018/04/03/the-discovery-of-the-great-rift-valley-where-africa-is-splitting-in-two/?sh=15d59b916f43

Little Mermaid 2023 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpGo2_d3oYE

Little Mermaid 1990: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGZX5-PAwR8

How misinformation is like a virus: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/theres-a-psychological-vaccine-against-misinformation/

Foolproof: the book about misinformation: https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881448

Dig Deeper:

History of the submarine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TADqQk1lpy8

Scientific paper showing the mechanism by which Africa will split: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16176-x

Africa to be divided by a new ocean: https://www.stvincenttimes.com/scientists-say-a-new-ocean-that-is-forming-in-africa-will-divide-it-in-two/

Video: Suswa Kenya is splitting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO7s5zIhX6k&t=22s

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