“Indeed, if it be contented, it is not poverty at all.”Seneca · Moral Letters to Lucilius · Letter 2 · Richard Mott Gummere translation
Seneca on how contentment changes what counts as having enough.
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One lake holds a fifth of fresh water
Russia's Lake Baikal is about 25 million years old and roughly 1,700 meters deep. It holds around 20 percent of the unfrozen fresh water on Earth.
Is it the oldest lake? NASA, citing UNESCO, describes it as one of the oldest at 25 million years.
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