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Safed Koh

(Encyclopedia) Safed KohSafed Kohsäfādˈ kō [key], mountain range on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, SE of Kabul; rises to 15,620 ft (4,761 m) at Mt. Sikaram. It parallels the Kabul River. A spur of…

Castle Mountains National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Castle Mountains National Monument, 20,920 acres (8,466 hectares), SE California. Surrounded on three sides by the Mojave National Preserve (see Mojave Desert), the monument contains…

What did dinosaurs eat?

Some dinosaurs ate lizards, turtles, eggs, or early mammals. Some hunted other dinosaurs or scavenged dead animals. Most, however, ate plants (but not grass, which hadn't evolved yet). Rocks that…

The Dimensions of the Bowling Lane

The Question: On your Standard Measurements in Sports page you left out the lane width of the bowling lane. Can you tell me what it is? The…

Tiger Woods Timeline

A glance at the golf sensation's life and career by Mike Morrison and Christine Frantz 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000 • 2001 •…

Conroe

(Encyclopedia) Conroe Conroe kŏnˈrō [key], city (2020 pop. 89,956), seat of Montgomery co., SE Tex.; inc…

Itasca, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Itasca, LakeItasca, Lakeītăsˈkə [key], shallow lake, 2 sq mi (5.2 sq km), in a pine-wooded swampy region, NW Minn. Henry R. Schoolcraft identified the lake (1832) as the source of the…

Korčula

(Encyclopedia) KorčulaKorčulakôrˈch&oomacr;lä [key], Ital. Curzola, island, 105 sq mi (272 sq km), in the Adriatic Sea, off Dalmatia, Croatia. It is covered with pine forests, pastures, and…

Leonard Peltier

imprisoned activistBorn: September 12, 1944Birthplace: Grand Forks, North Dakota Leonard Peltier is a carpenter, welder, and American Indian Movement (AIM) leader whose imprisonment since 1977 is…

Flagstaff

(Encyclopedia) Flagstaff, city (2020 pop. 76,831), seat of Coconino co., N Ariz., near the San Francisco Peaks; inc. 1894. Lumbering, ranching, and a…