Amaze your climbing friends! Stump the Sherpas! Little known facts about Everest
by Borgna Brunner
A view of Everest from Dudh Kosi, the highest river in the world. (Source: Nelson Chenkin…
Fall of the HindenburgThe fiery explosion on May 6, 1937 by Michael Morrison ON MAY 6, 1937, the German airship Hindenburg burst into flames 200 feet over its intended landing…
SOYUZ LAUNCH VEHICLEHOW ROCKETS WORKSATURN V THREE-STAGE MOON ROCKETBIOGRAPHY: ROBERT GODDARD American, 1882-1945FIND OUT MOREThere would be no space exploration without rockets, but they are…
Most animals never even see their parents! Many never meet their fathers and some never meet their mothers, either. Some insects, fish, amphibians and reptiles hatch from fertilized eggs and face…
Born: 6/12/1924Birthplace: Milton, Mass. George Herbert Walker Bush was born June 12, 1924, in Milton, Mass., to Prescott and Dorothy Bush. The family later moved to Connecticut. The youth studied…
Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Latitude & Longitude How do I find the latitude and longitude of a place? What are longitude and latitude? Use the…
Imagine you’re an astronaut in the future, and your ship has the ability to travel at the speed of light. You jump into your spaceship when you’re 20 years old, travel 331 light years on your journey…
(Encyclopedia) camel, ruminant mammal of the family Camelidae. The family consists of three genera, the true camels of Asia (genus Camelus); the wild guanaco and the domesticated alpaca and llama,…
