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Our world truly is an amazing place. Natural phenomena that can awe, terrify and inspire occur somewhere on our planet each and every day.
One phenomenon that can trigger all those feelings at once is lightning.
Virtually everyone has experienced the power and frightening beauty of a lightning strike while waiting out a passing thunderstorm, but did you know volcanoes can produce their own lightning strikes, even on a clear and sunny day?
The brilliant mind of Nikola Tesla created hundreds of successful inventions, several of which would end up literally changing the world.
Although he was awarded 300 patents for his inventions, many of his ideas were decades ahead of their time so they never really panned out in the commercial sense.
However, several of the ones that did pan out are still in widespread use today, almost 80 years after his passing. [Read more…]
Living (and loving) Life
If you enjoy watching it snow and getting out in it after it stops falling, you’re going to love this video.
One winter day it began snowing in the tiny community of Soda Springs, California. It snowed and snowed, then snowed some more.
To the folks who live there, it seemed like the snow would never stop falling. [Read more…]
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As you probably know, Mount Rushmore is one of America’s most visited, and most photographed memorials.
But there’s more to this massive monument than just the famous Presidential faces.
There’s a little-known secret about this amazing place that’s rather fascinating once you know about it… [Read more…]
Living (and loving) Life
Chances are you’re familiar with several stories about giants, including the biblical Goliath who the young lad David slew with a single stone hurled from his trusty slingshot.
According to his description in 1 Samuel 17, Goliath’s incredible height was “six cubits and a span”. That equates to a mind-boggling 9 feet and 9 inches.
I know, it’s hard to imagine a human being ever managing to grow to a height of 9 feet. After all, even the tallest NBA players are over a foot shorter than that.
But truth be told, on extremely rare occasions humans do grow to about that height. [Read more…]