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Jetliner diverts, lands in New Zealand after fire shuts down engine
A Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 was diverted and landed safely at a New Zealand airport after a fire shut down one of its engines, the nation's fire service...
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I know geography pretty well, because travel and history are two of my favorite fields/activities, and I naturally had to learn our planet's layout as I pursued these two hobbies. Ask me any question such as "What countries border Oman?", or "What is the landscape like in Western Maryland?" - and I generally will be able to answer immediately, without thinking.
But the areas of the world I was never particularly interested in, I never learned. I do not know what countries border Mali. I do not know whether Ivory Coast is mostly desert-like, or jungle-like, or savanna-like, or anything else-like.
The bottom line is: to really learn something, you need to be interested in something requiring you to learn something. If you are not, then all the education in the world will not teach you anything. You might learn some abstract facts, such as what Chile's capital is and where it is on the map - but this raw knowledge will not be very helpful, since you do not have anything to associate with those facts, and they are nothing more than words in your mind. On the other hand, if you are interested in history, then you can learn how Chile's capital came to be there, how it developed over the years, what major events occurred there, etc. - and that is a pretty solid knowledge that can help you at some point in your life.
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