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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

TIL there's a solar powered pink refrigerator in the Namib Desert

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TIL there's a solar powered pink refrigerator in the Namib Desert

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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago
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The Unbelievable Pink Fridge in the Namibian Desert
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Powered by solar energy, the pink fridge acts as a beacon of hospitality, offering a refreshing... READMORE
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    What? No parasol over the table?

    This rest stop sucks.

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      What the fuck is a parasol?

      Edit: I looked it up and now I understand. Does the word happen to come from Spanish? Parasol would mean “for the sun” much like other words like parabrisas.

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        Yes, but “para” also means “stop”. Comes from “parar”, “to stop”. In this case it would mean something like “sun stopper”. Or in your example, “breeze stopper”.

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          Oh wow, I feel like a moron now. I never could figure out why it would be “for wind.”

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            Haha nah you’re alright. Every day we learn something new! Also another one, “umbrella” is “paraguas” (waters stopper) :)

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              Or parapluie (rain stopper)

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      Or the fridge?? How hard is that heat pump working

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        Yeah, put the fridge in the shade of a solar panel. I don’t believe it would work well otherwise

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          I don’t believe it would work well otherwise

          What a weird comment to say about a device that’s actually working well.

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            It’s working. Is it working well? We don’t know.

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        I mean, that thing is working so hard it turned the entire surrounding countryside into desert!

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