#92 Why do bees make honey?

I learned this today. Bees make honey as a way to store food through the winter. Flowers cannot move, so they need insects to help them reproduce. To pollinate another flower, the pollen from one flower has to reach another flower. The best way for flowers to do this is to have the pollen stick

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#88 Why is Venice where it is?

I learned this today. Venice was built on 118 small islands in a marshy lagoon because the people from local Roman cities were fleeing waves of Germanic and Hun invasions. The city of Venice was founded at noon on Friday 25th March, 421 AD with the dedication of the first church. Construction started possibly five

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#87 How do stars die?

I learned this today. Stars die because they exhaust all of their fuel. There are seven different types of star. They are classified using the Morgan-Keenan system. They are given the letters, B, A, F, G, K, and M, to show temperature, and Roman numerals to show luminosity. M, the coolest stars, are between 2,400

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#85 When did people start using money?

The first ever money was the Mesopotamian shekel, used about 5,000 years ago. Before we had money, people used the bartering system. Bartering probably started when hunter-gatherers began to form larger groups. When hunter-gatherers were in small groups, they could service all of their own needs. They only needed food, clothing, and shelter. Once the

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#84 Why is London where it is?

I learned this today. London was built where it is because it is the closest point to the sea that could be bridged. There may have been a small settlement where London is from prehistoric times, but there is no real evidence for that. There is, however, evidence of a bridge crossing the river Thames

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