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Depleted aquifers in California’s Central Valley alone have lots of empty space: three times the full capacity of the state’s more than 1,400 aboveground reservoirs.

From Scientific American • Oct. 25, 2023

Depleted uranium shells sharpen on impact, which further increases their ability to bore through armour, and they ignite after contact.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023

Depleted uranium tank shells are extremely hard and dense and can penetrate the walls of Russian tanks.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023

Depleted uranium is a byproduct of the process to create the rarer, enriched uranium used in nuclear fuel and weapons.

From Washington Times • Mar. 23, 2023

Depleted nobles would marry daughters of wealthy peasants, and a gentleman whose fief lay among well-to-do farmers might easily meet them in social relations.

From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins