Ew, you just walked face-first into a spiderweb! Peeling the sticky mess of your face is bad enough, but it always gets worse if you then feel something skittering across the back of your head. Oh well, at least spiders are solitary creatures. You won’t have to worry about there being multiple creepy crawlies on …
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Did you read The End All Be All Galapagos Islands Fun Facts: Part One? Because this is the second, and final, part. The Sierra Negra Volcano in Isabela Island of the Galapagos has the second largest crater in the world The Galapagos Islands are above a hot spot where the Earth’s crust is melting from …
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Statistically, fall is our favorite season with over 40% of us preferring it over all others. Do you think some people hate the fall? I mean Fall is still pretty colorful with the changing leaves…much more colorful than winter. And the days are shorter, but it’s actually comfortable outside (at least where I live). Not …
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What’s there in Antarctica? There’s snow, ice, penguins… And depending on who you ask, a whole heck of a lot more. A strangely high number of conspiracy theories claims that either there is something secret in Antarctica, or there’s something off about the place in general. In a way, that’s understandable, since the southernmost of …
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Do you think you know these Galapagos Islands facts? Like the islands have two airports! The islands are constantly changing as the older islands are sinking back into the ocean under the continental plate and the youngest are rising near the hotspot. The pink iguana is native to only part of Isabela Island, with a …
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What do you know about the Galapagos Islands? Do you know what the name of the largest island is? (Hint, it’s number 9.) The Archipelago group known as the Galapagos Islands consists of 7,880 km² (3,040 mi²) of land spread over 45,000 km² (17,000 mi²) of ocean. There are 13 main islands, 7 smaller, and …
Did you read Snow Fun Facts For Christmas in July Vibes: Part One? Because this is part two. Snow can appear in a wide variety of colors because of dust, pollution and fresh-water algae turning snow black, orange or even blue. The Inuit people have 50 words for snow. Did you know this snow fun …
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Commuting sucks. You can get stuck in traffic for hours, may have to share cramped and hot public transportation, or — if nothing else — waste endless amounts of money on gas. Yet, there are some people who would give anything to be crawling down an interstate instead of risking their lives every day. Or, …
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These stories are some of the worst cruise experiences people have had. Have you ever had a bad experience on a cruise? “I ripped my big toenail off on the balcony doorway the first night of my first cruise. Had to cancel every excursion I had booked because I didn’t want to submerge the open …
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There are so many wild things that happened in the 90s. Do you know about these stories from that decade? The body of Zachary Taylor was exhumed June 17, 1991, almost 150 years after his death, to see if he was murdered. Originally, cholera was thought to be the be the cause of death, but …
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