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Living (and loving) Life
If you live in a place where snow falls in the winter you’re probably used to seeing those fluffy white flakes falling from the sky.
What you might not know is they can actually be quite large.
In fact, the largest snowflake ever reported by reliable witnesses was a whopping 15 inches in diameter!
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As the earth spins on its axis, half of the planet’s surface is always facing the sun (day) while the other half is dark (night).
This line where day and night meet is called the terminator, and it’s quite interesting indeed.
Living (and loving) Life
Ask any 5th grader what year the Civil War ended and you’ll likely be told 1865 – that’s roughly 150 years ago.
Ask any American of any age when the last Civil War-era pensioner passed away and they’ll likely guess some time around the mid-1900s.
But guess what? They would be wrong. In fact, they would be very wrong.
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Have you ever looked at a massive structure and simply marveled at the hard work and steely nerves that must have been required to build it.
San Francisco’s iconic Golden Gate Bridge is one such structure.
However, the short video I’m featuring today isn’t about the construction of the bridge itself. [Read more…]
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Are you the adventurous type?
If so, you might enjoy this leisurely climb to the pinnacle of an almost vertical, and very rocky mountain peak in the Austrian Alps.
Don’t worry, you’ll be securely attached to a steel cable during most of the climb, and of course you’ll be wearing a helmet – just in case.
The above was said somewhat tongue-in-cheek, and you’ll understand why after you finish watching the video. [Read more…]