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5 things I never expected to find on Amazon

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If you’ve ever spent any time shopping on Amazon you’re probably aware of the mind-boggling selection of items you can find on there.

But if you’re like me, there are probably some things that you’d never expect to find on the equivalent of an Internet “big box” store.

Well, every now and then I like to peruse the offerings on Amazon to see what unusual (and very unexpected items) they happen to be selling at the time. Here are five that just might blow your mind: [Read more…]

How long is a day? How about a year? Well, it depends…

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One of the first things we learn as youngsters is how long a day and a year is. After all, birthdays wouldn’t make much sense without this basic understanding of time. And as you surely know, kids are all about birthdays.

Here on planet Earth, one day is roughly 24 hours in length and one year is roughly 365 days.

But the lengths of the days and years on other planets are vastly different than here on Earth. And in some cases, they are mind-bogglingly different.  [Read more…]

Video: If the drone didn’t capture this, no one would believe it

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Our amazing world is absolutely full of things you and I have never seen before, and many of those things are almost beyond belief.

Every country in the world has both natural and man-made creations that no other country has along with its own unique (and sometimes off-the-wall) customs.  [Read more…]

Video: Tulip Time in Holland (Michigan)

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The tulip has always been one of my favorite flowers thanks to their colorful and perfectly shaped blossoms, and I have always known that Holland is notorious for its many large and very colorful tulip fields.

What I didn’t know until recently is the U.S. has its very own Holland, complete with its very own fields and colorful patches of tulips. They even have their very own authentic Dutch windmill.  [Read more…]

Video: The amazing difference in the sizes of the objects in our solar system

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I have always been fascinated by the night sky and the objects that exist beyond our wonderful planet. And as you probably know, the number of objects that exist in the known universe is simply beyond human comprehension.

Just inside our own solar system there are numerous objects that vary greatly in size, from the tiniest asteroid to the sun, the massive star that holds all the others in place with her incredibly strong gravitational force.  [Read more…]