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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 18 hours ago

Why the French are painting their windows with chalk to beat the heat

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Why the French are painting their windows with chalk to beat the heat

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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 18 hours ago

Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave. To help stay cool, people in France have been turning to an unusual solution – chalk. Here's the science behind the trend.

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A whole bunch of them got a lesson in applied meteorology on a visit to the New World this spring.

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