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Living (and loving) Life
When most people hear the term “desert”, images of sand dunes, extreme heat and buzzards flying overhead instantly come to mind.
But truth be told, not all deserts are hot, nor are they hospitable to buzzards.
In fact, the largest desert on Earth also happens to be the planet’s coldest place – and there are no buzzards to be found.
Living (and loving) Life
Thinking about building a garage to protect your vehicle(s) from the elements?
I spent most of my life without one, but now that I’ve been using one for several years I don’t think I could do without one.
Of course my garage is a simple, run-of-the-mill two-car garage that’s attached to the end of my house, but perhaps you’re looking for something a little more flashy? [Read more…]
Living (and loving) Life
Question from Kelly: In school they taught us that the earth’s rivers are constantly dumping salt into the oceans.
If that’s true why aren’t the oceans getting saltier?
It seems to me that after all these billions of years the water in the oceans should be too salty to even support sea life.
So why don’t the oceans keep getting saltier as more and more salt is carried down the rivers and deposited in the oceans? [Read more…]
Living (and loving) Life
Every day numerous individuals sign up to learn how to fly airplanes, but did you know there’s a much cheaper way to learn to fly?
And guess what? This mode of fight will likely have you feeling more like a bird than a pilot.
How is that possible? Well, there’s an entirely different class of aircraft that takes the thrill of flying to a completely different level.
Living (and loving) Life
The health risks associated with the “liquid metal” mercury are well known these days, but that wasn’t always the case.
Believe it or not, mercury was actually once used over a time span of several centuries to treat a wide variety of illnesses and physical ailments.
And we’re not talking ancient history either. In fact, according to this article by the US National Library of Medicine mercury was still being used for medicinal purposes well into the 20th century! [Read more…]