It all began about 80 million years ago when the Pierre shale, the bottom layer of the Badlands geology, was laid down by a great inland sea. About 35 million years ago, rivers and streams running downhill from the Black Hills spread sand, mud, and gravel on the area. How […]
Las Vegas. 1. Las Vegas. The “Entertainment Capital of the World”, Las Vegas, took the number one slot for the most fun city in America just like in 2019 (the list was not available in 2020 due to the pandemic). What city has the most fun things to do? Las […]
IMU means “I Miss You.” The abbreviation IMU indicates a feeling of sorrow or sadness due to the absence of someone, such as a lover, family member, or close friend. It is typically used at the end of a conversation, when saying goodbye. Of note: “I Miss You” is also […]
LMU is a smaller school that offers a more intimate experience. The kind of person who wants to attend a huge university with many students and large class sizes is probably the type of person that shouldn’t attend LMU. People who haven’t got enough financial resources, because tuition and costs […]
Audiences saw more daredevil maneuvers like the half-mile track racing, ramp jumps, head-on automobile crashes and board wall crashes, the reasons for the tremendous popularity of the event today. The only time that the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was not held was in 1942, at the height of World War II. […]
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles’ full-time JD program is ranked No. 65 out of 194 law schools while its part-time program is ranked No. 1 in the West, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” The Law School is ranked in the top […]
If you are born on February 29, you are said to be a “leapling” or a “leap-year baby”. When they celebrate their birthday is up to them. They can choose March 1 going with 365 days makes a year, or choose to celebrate it in February going by the same […]
August, eighth month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named for the first Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar, in 8 bce. Its original name was Sextilus, Latin for “sixth month,” indicating its position in the early Roman calendar. How did August get its name? July and August were named after two […]
New Caledonia A 2018 vote for independence was defeated, but a recent 2020 vote for independence was lost by just a small margin. Another vote is scheduled in 2022 for independence. What is the newest country in the world 2021? South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after years […]
of Kansas. Measuring the flatness of Kansas presented us with a greater challenge than measuring the flatness of the pancake. The state is so flat that the off-the-shelf software produced a flatness value for it of 1. How many states are flatter than a pancake? Many say that Kansas is […]
The newest internationally recognized country in the world is the African country of South Sudan, which declared independence on July 9, 2011. In the following days, it became also the newest member of the United Nations. What country no longer exists? Countries That No Longer Exist 2022 Former Country Collapse […]
The other countries that have neither an army nor a military force are Dominica (not to be confused with the Dominican Republic),Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, St. Lucia and Tuvalu. How many countries have no military? Thirty-one […]
Salar de Uyuni. Travel to the world’s largest salt flat, Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. Almost the size of Connecticut, Uyuni is the flattest place on the planet. What is the flattest place in America? The flattest is Florida, and Kansas isn’t even among the five flattest. In order of […]
The First World consisted of the U.S., Western Europe and their allies. The Second World was the so-called Communist Bloc: the Soviet Union, China, Cuba and friends. The remaining nations, which aligned with neither group, were assigned to the Third World. Is China still a Third World country? Because many […]
Delaware. Delaware is the USA state with the lowest average elevation with only 13.6 meters. Florida has the second lowest average elevation with 17.8 meters and Louisiana has the third with 28.5 meters. What states have the lowest elevation? US States With The Lowest Average Elevations Rank State Average Elevation […]