Why is Las Vegas in the desert? Because it is a good location for a stop on the new southern Californian railway line. Las Vegas wasn’t the first settlement to spring up in the desert of Utah. The area used to be lush marshland, but that all dried up and formed the Mojave Desert, except […]
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Where is the source of the Nile? The Nile starts as the White Nile and the Blue Nile before they come together. The White Nile probably starts in Lake Rweru and the Blue Nile probably starts in Lake Tana. The Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world. It used to be the
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Who owns the North Pole and the South Pole? This is a surprisingly difficult question. Technically, no country owns either of them, although a lot of countries make claims. Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and the USA have made claims on the North Pole. Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, and the United Kingdom all
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How did the Vatican become a country? Benito Mussolini gave it to the Roman Catholic church in 1929. The Vatican is the world’s smallest country. It has a population of 453 people and is 0.44 square kilometers. That makes it about 2,500 times smaller than the city of Rome, which surrounds it. The Vatican is
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Was Ferdinand Magellan really the first person to circumnavigate the world? No, because he died about two-thirds into the journey. Ferdinand Magellan’s name was actually Magellan. He was born Fernão de Magalhães in Portugal, I n1480. He was born into nobility and he was a page of Queen Eleanor, the consort of King John II,
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Why is Greenland part of Denmark? Greenland was a colony of Denmark, but it didn’t officially become a part of Denmark until 1953. It is technically defined as a district of Denmark. The reason why Greenland is a part of Denmark goes back to before Denmark was actually a country. People have lived in Greenland
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Why are clouds at different heights? It depends on the temperature and the pressure of the air. Clouds start when water vapor evaporates off the surface of the Earth into the air. The sun heats the ground, or the surface of the sea, supplying it with thermal energy. If there is enough thermal energy, the
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How can the inner core of the Earth switch rotation? Because it is separated from the solid mantle and can rotate at a different speed. The Earth has four layers. There is the outer crust that we and everything alive lives on. The crust is about 40 km deep and is only 1% of Earth’s
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Can you see past the horizon? Depending on the weather, and the amount of refraction, yes, you can see past the horizon., The horizon is the point where Earth curves away too much for you to be able to see it anymore. Every body in the universe has a horizon, but it depends on the
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What is the range of a cell phone tower? The average maximum range of a phone mast is about 40 km, 25 miles. How does a cell phone tower work? Cell towers have detectors and transmitters to receive and transmit radio signals. When you want to look at a website on your phone, my site
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