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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

what's the library in Africa that's being eaten by sand?

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think that's an episode of Avatar.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

it is but there are real libraries in Mauritania being eaten by the desert.

it was on the most recent episode of The Grand Tour.

[–] Oiconomia@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's in Mali. Old Timbuktu manuscripts from one of the oldest universities in the Islamic world

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm referring to libraries in Mauritania.