There isn’t much to surviving a hail storm so long as one is aware of two things: how to recognize the conditions for an impending hail storm and the best area to seek shelter. Hail storms are not random occurrences…
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There are a few seas in the world that would give you a run for your money if you went for a swim in any of them. These seas, for justified reasons, are known as the deadly seas of the…
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Born on 11 June 1910 to Daniel and Elisabeth Cousteau and raised in France, a young Jacques-Yves Cousteau enjoyed spending many hours at the beach where he enjoyed sailing and swimming. By the age of 13, he developed a passion…
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A maelstrom is a powerful open-water whirlpool which is created by clashing water currents. A few maelstroms are caused by tsunamis. However, the best known maelstroms from around the world are all in locations which are also known for strong…
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Most modern coins are mode from the cheaper, more plentiful metals such as copper and tin – the ‘base metals’. Among these, pure copper is occasionally found inside rocks and is know as ‘native’ copper. Most commonly, it is found…
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Guyots and seamounts are two types of underwater volcanoes. Seamounts retain their shape while erosion and wave action shaves off the top of the seamount to make a guyot. The guyots remain below the water and not visible to boaters…
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The world, it seems, is running out of helium – not this popular online content site but rather the inert and surprisingly important gas. Normally, this would only concern those party planners who use helium to inflate balloons or the…
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Meteorologists are so often wrong in their weather predictions because the wind blows where it wills. No one knows where comes from or where it goes. Wind drives many storms and makes them go in a direction that computer models don’t…
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The Late Triassic period is an epoch which lasted from roughly 230 to 200 million years ago. It is also referred to as the Upper Triassic, because in paleontology, more recent eras tend to be represented by fossils in higher…
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Named after renowned medical researcher James Parkinson, the Parkinson’s Disease better known as PD in medical circles is a rare degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that affects motors skills, speech and similar bodily functions. To some extent, Parkinson’s…
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