#229 How did the Sahara Desert get so big?
I learned this today. The Sahara Desert has grown so big because the precession of the Earth’s axis as it rotates around the sun changes the location of the African…
I learned this today. The Sahara Desert has grown so big because the precession of the Earth’s axis as it rotates around the sun changes the location of the African…
I learned this today. Different countries have different laws, but the first bankruptcy laws were created in 1542 in England. The word “bankruptcy” comes from the Italian banca rotta, which…
I learned this today. The Kola borehole is the deepest manmade borehole on Earth, and it is the deepest artificial point on Earth. The Kola borehole is on the Kola…
I learned this today. Radar works by using radio waves to work out the position of objects relative to the detector and sonar uses sound waves. Radar works in a…
I learned this today. Hawai’i became a state in 1959, when 93% of Hawaiians voted in favor of it. People have only lived on the islands of Hawai’i since about…
I learned this today. The Trieste, a Swiss and Italian submarine reached a depth of 10,911m. This is the deepest point on Earth and is the Challenger Deep of the…
I learned this today. Glass and metal can be recycled indefinitely, but plastic can only be recycled once or twice and paper about 7 times. Recycling has been around for…
I learned this today. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a universal classification system which has the most important needs at the bottom and then the following needs in an ascending…
I learned this today. Vellum is a material for writing on that is made from prepared animal skin. The document on the front of this article is the Magna Carta.…
I learned this today. Antarctica is a polar desert because it has less than 250mm a year of precipitation, which is the set amount to be classified as a desert.…