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Weather: Let's See How It's Done

Let's See How It's DoneWeatherLet's See How It's DoneNow for the Real WorkGoing Into the Upper AirBring on the MachinesWhat About the Five-Day Forecast? You've gotten this far. You know the basics…

DK Space: Space

WHERE DOES SPACE BEGIN? WHERE IS EARTH IN SPACE? HOW MUCH SPACE IS THERE? WHAT IS A LIGHT-YEAR? WHAT CAN WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK INTO SPACE? JOURNEY INTO SPACE FIND OUT MORE When you…

DK Science: Mercury

FIND OUT MOREMercury is the planet closest to the Sun, and experiences scorching temperatures by day. But it has virtually no atmosphere to trap the heat, so is freezing at night. It is a…

Roger Bannister

  Born: Mar. 23, 1929 British runner   first to run mile in less than 4 minutes (3:59.4 on May 6, 1954).    

Barney Oldfield

Born: Jan. 29, 1878Auto racing pioneer drove cars built by Henry Ford; first man to drive car a mile per minute (1903).Died: Oct. 4, 1946

Herb Elliott

Born: Feb. 25, 1938Australian runner undefeated from 1958-60; ran 17 sub-4:00 miles; 3 world records; won gold medal in 1500 meters at 1960 Olympics; retired at age 22.

Alan Webb

Born: Jan. 13, 1983Track on May 27, 2001 at the Prefontaine Classic, he ran a mile in 3:53.43 to break Jim Ryun's 36-year-old national high school record; collegiate track star at Michigan.

The Longest Mountain Range

The Question: What is the longest mountain range in the world? The Answer: The Andes Mountains, which stretch more than 5000 miles through…

The Size of El Salvador

The Question: El Salvador is most closely equivalent in size to what U.S. state? The Answer: El Salvador has a total area of 21,040 sq…