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Vulcan Point: An island in a lake, on an island in a lake, on an island in an ocean

Posted on July 17, 2026

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Chances are you’ve never heard of the tiny Philippine island named Vulcan Point, but it’s actually one of the most interesting places on planet Earth.

What makes this tiny island so interesting is it’s a “third-order island”.

What’s a “third order island” you ask?

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Did you know there’s an underwater ‘cemetery’ in the middle of the Pacific ocean?

Posted on July 11, 2026

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Did you know there’s a “Spacecraft Cemetery” on our planet?

A lonely place that contains numerous ‘dead’ spacecraft that have fallen back to Earth?

Well, there is, but unfortunately the chances of you or me ever getting to visit it are virtually nil.  [Read more…]

Why we Americans celebrate Independence Day

Posted on July 4, 2026

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July 4 is a very special day here in the United States of America…

By itself, July 4 would be just another date on the calendar. Just another hot, sticky summer day with folks doing whatever they do on any other hot, sticky summer day.

But July 4 is special because it’s the day we Americans celebrate our nation’s independence from an oppressive king and the freedoms we all enjoy today because of it.

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Fun with Math: 17 horses, a pony and a will.

Posted on June 29, 2026

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Here’s a fun math puzzle that my dad taught me when I was a little boy…

Farmer Brown had seventeen horses on his small farm.

In his will he instructed that upon his death the horses should be distributed to his sons as follows: [Read more…]

Yooperlites: Rocks that naturally glow in the dark!

Posted on June 26, 2026

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Have you ever heard of Yooperlites?

Well, no one else had either prior to one dark night in May 2017.

That’s the night a local rock collector named Erik Rintamaki saw the very first (to be discovered) Yooperlite rock lying among all the other rocks on a rocky Lake Superior beach in upper Michigan.

This particular rock stood out from all the rest because it was literally glowing in the dark under the glare of his ultraviolet flashlight.

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