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Officials thought this floating island was an ai hoax. then it moved 19 miles.
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Officials thought this floating island was an ai hoax. then it moved 19 miles.

So: imagine finding a literal forest floating in the middle of a massive reservoir! At first, the folks at BC Hydro were skeptical, thinking it was just some clever AI trickery, which I totally understand in this day and age. But then, thanks to some satellite imagery and a bit of help from a radio engineer in the UK, they tracked this massive, football-field-sized island down. It turns out the whole thing was just drifting along, having traveled 30 kilometers in just 15 days. And here's the thing - it likely formed from years of decomposing logs that finally broke free when water levels rose. Nature really does have a way of surprising us, doesn't it?
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