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He was only 16 when he went diving and saw more plastic than fish. Instead of forgetting what he saw, he decided to do something about it.

That teenager was Boyan Slat, who began sketching ideas for a system that could remove plastic from the ocean on a massive scale.

By 2013, he had dropped out of university and founded The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit built around a bold idea: let ocean currents help collect plastic instead of trying to chase every piece with boats.

Today, the organization is removing plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and using solar-powered Interceptor systems in rivers to stop trash before it ever reaches the sea.

Its ultimate goal is even bigger: remove 90% of floating ocean plastic by 2040.

What started with one teenager disturbed by what he saw underwater became a global effort to clean the world’s oceans.

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waiting to see🤔

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thought too hard about MRI machines today and had this come to me in a vision

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mri accident is literally one of my biggest anxiety freakouts. i dont care about being in the tiny loud tube, im so scared of a secret piece of metal i dont know about in my body will tear through me like a knife through butter. what if i ate a quarter in my sleep

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Quarters George who eats a $10 roll of quarters every night is shredded into a fine mist my the MRI

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TIME TO POST ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE IMAGES!!!!

Back when I worked at the hospital, I had to take MRI training and it was my favorite thing every time. It was only like 10 minutes long and went a little something like this:

Hey. The MRI is basically a really big magnet and by basically I mean it is and we literally never turn it off. It's like really big. Really really big and powerful and The Magnet is always on. We don't turn it off Ever, for any reason. We mean it bro, The Magnet is literally always on. It's crazy strong and will definitely kill you. So don't bring any metal into the MRI room, man. You will fuck up the machine (because The Magnet is always on) and then you will die (again, because The Magnet is always on). Here's some fun questions for you to test your understanding!

1) The ______ is always on.

2) The Magnet is ______ on.

3) How often is The Magnet on?

4) The Magnet is always __.

5) The Magnet is always on. T/F

6) The Magnet is usually on but we know to turn it off for you because you're a very special boy :) T/F

7) My weak fleshy body can survive the wrath of The Magnet. T/F

8) Look at this 500 lbs steel hospital bed, which The Magnet has crumpled into an origami crane. Imagine if that was you.

9) Is The Magnet ever off?

10) Sometimes we turn The Magnet off. T/F

Thank you for taking MRI training. We hope you learned that The Magnet is always on, because it is. It's on Right Now and it will be on every time you come to the MRI. Have fun and remember: The Magnet is always on!

I love you MRI training. The Magnet is always on.