#813 How old is Santa?

How old is Santa? He is either 1,753, 500, or 202 years old, depending on how you look at it. Many different traditions have been mixed to leave the Santa Claus we know today. Why 1,753 years old? Santa Claus is loosely based on Saint Nicholas, a Roman bishop who lived in Turkey. Our name […]

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#810 What do worms do?

What do worms do? They break down organic matter in the soil and release the nutrients in their waste. Earthworms may all look the same to us, but there are 7,000 different species of them across the world. 150 of those species are the ones we commonly see. There are far more worms in the

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#808 Who were Smith and Wesson?

Who were Smith and Wesson? They were both inventors, gunsmiths, and businessmen. They obviously formed the Smith & Wesson firearms company. The Smith & Wesson company was formed in 1852. The original company was sold to a man called Oliver Winchester, and it became the Winchester company that still exists today. Smith & Wesson was

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#806 Why are clouds white?

Why are clouds white? Because the water particles in the clouds scatter light equally. When light comes out of the sun, it is white. That is to say, it emits all of the colors of the color spectrum. The sun emits light as radiation and it emits radiation across almost all of the electromagnetic spectrum,

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