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  • While iron is more plentiful than tin, it is harder to purify than tin or copper. The 'iron age' refers to the time when humans started smelting iron, and making tools using various steels and other iron-based alloys. These are generally much stronger than bronze.

  • Obviously, it would vary from country to country. But some countries do give legal status either to nature as a whole, or to rivers, mountains, etc. In practice, this means that the state / a citizen can sue anyone who pollutes or otherwise harms the river / mountain / nature, without needing to prove that the pollution is bad for other people.

  • This is not standard practice. An article that is controversial or one that has been vandalised a lot may put in place such a policy. But the vast majority of articles on (English) Wikipedia can be freely edited.

  • Not all religions have a heaven to look up to. Most schools of Hinduism, and Mahayana Buddhism, require a person to live multiple lives before they achieve nirvana ('non-being' or 'enlightenment', not 'heaven'). Other schools of Hinduism and Buddhism are either silent on life after death (Theravada) or reject it (Navayana, Charvaka).

  • Maybe they are willing to sell and are just saying this to drive up the price.

    Or maybe they don't want a competitor to have access to their secret algorithm, and threaten them globally. This way they lose only one market.

    Another possibility is that they will teach users how to use a VPN, and are confident that enough of their users will do it.

    Or maybe they think saying they're willing to shut down will make some of their users lobby against this bill / organise protests / call their representatives. (This probably won't work.)

    Companies are ultimately motivated by money. They will do whatever underhanded trick they can think up to get it.