What is the tallest landform on Earth? What are the highest mountain ranges in the world? What is the second highest mountain range in the world? Which layer of Earth has the highest density and temperature? What is the highest dew point ever recorded?
The largest domestic cat breed can reach a staggering size, but it doesn't come close to the biggest dog ever recorded.Guinnesslists the longest and heaviest dog ever as "Aicama Zorba of La-Susa." This giant canine was an Old English mastiff owned by Londoner Chris Eraclides. Back in 1...
What is the largest carbon sink?Carbon Cycle:The carbon cycle consists of the exchange of carbon dioxide between different environments, altering the concentration of carbon between them. Each exchange that shifts carbon outside one reservoir will put more in other reservoir. The atmosphere, Earth'...
The Dune of Pilat is located at the southern entrance of Arcachon Bay, and is the tallest sand dune in Europe.Prior to being called the Dune of Pilat in the 1930s, the area was called “Les Sabloneys,” or “the New Sands.”
wave their hats or programs in the air in time with the music. Karen introduced many of the songs, talked a bit about the history of gospel music, and just generally brought positive energy and presence to the stage. She said that the choir is “so, so, so grateful” for the ...
So what is the deal with the Heimlich? Well, Dr. Henry Heimlich lives in Cincinnati, and as of this writing he is 95 years old. He is wierdly related to some very cool people (perhaps not). First of all, he is the uncle of Anson Williams, better known as “Potsie” from the 70...
The world's tallest mammal doesn't sleep lying fully down often, but when they do, it's pretty adorable. Giraffes can REM sleep when positioned with theiron their own rumps, only doing so for about five minutes at a time to avoid being exposed to predators. ...
Picking up where it left off almost a decade ago, it was always going to be my top pick of the year however long we had waited. Was there ever any doubt that the second panel of the diptych would be the magnificent equal of the first? It’s arguably the BBC’s finest contribution ...
The tallest column of a burger I’ve ever had. I think Americans tend to have larger patties, so the whole burger becomes proportionally larger. When your cultural default is a smaller portion of meat, everything else gets narrower to match it and the only direction to build becomes Up. ...
Montana Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) is fresh out of Twitter jail after his account was suspended from Twitter over a hunting photo of him and his wife and the beautiful antelope she shot in Eastern Montana. Senator Daines' account was eventually reinstated by Twitter owner Elon Musk earlier ...