Like their Scandinavian neighbors, the people of Sweden inhabit one of the most beautiful, and most challenging regions on our vast planet.
Short, bright summers and long, dark winters make Swedish life interesting for sure.
Life is short - begin every day with a smile!
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Like their Scandinavian neighbors, the people of Sweden inhabit one of the most beautiful, and most challenging regions on our vast planet.
Short, bright summers and long, dark winters make Swedish life interesting for sure.
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New York City’s iconic Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world after its completion on April 11, 1931.
There were other “skyscrapers” at that time, but the Empire State Building was the crown jewel of its day because it was the only building on Earth that had at least 100 floors.
Have you ever wondered what the workday must have been like for the iron workers who actually built the “skeletons” of those early skyscrapers? [Read more…]
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Rural Johnson County, Tennessee is home to Backbone Rock, one of numerous natural wonders that are well-known to locals and absolutely fascinating to the visitors who happen to stop by.
I grew up just a few miles from “The Rock” in nearby southwestern Virginia. It’s always been one of my favorite places to visit. [Read more…]
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The massive amount of snow that fell on western New York state a few weeks ago got me to wondering just how tall the tallest snowfalls in history must have been.
Of course there’s no way to know how much snow fell in many parts of the world in centuries past, but the video featured below lists the 10 tallest snowfalls that were ever recorded as of four years ago. [Read more…]
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I’m sure you’ve probably seen awesome images of colorful auroras dancing in the air above our planet’s North and South Poles.
The northern auroras are called Aurora Borealis (aka Northern Lights).
The ones over the South Pole are called Aurora Australis (aka Southern Lights).
We earthlings have been marveling at the beauty of our planet’s dancing auroras for millennia, but did you know that some of the other planets in our solar system have them as well?