The Solent

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Sailboat against a beautiful landscape

Which Waters Do You Pass Through When You “Sail the Seven Seas”?

World map. Continents. Oceans. Mendel thumb ok

Just How Many Oceans Are There?

Big Sur. Pacific Ocean. Waves. Beach. Point Sur on the Pacific coastline near Big Sur, California.

What Is Known (and Not Known) About the Bermuda Triangle

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Lake Mead (the impounded Colorado River) at the Hoover Dam. The light-coloured band of rock above the shoreline shows the decrease in water level in the first few years of the 21st century.

6 Lakes That Are Drying Up

Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.

How Rye Bread May Have Caused the Salem Witch Trials

Artist interpretation of space asteroids impacting earth and moon. Meteoroids, meteor impact, end of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Doomsday Predictions, comet

Major Mass Extinctions

Happy young nurse assisting an elderly patient walking outside

Why Do Gray Hairs Have a Different Texture?

Colorful winter sunset

What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

NBA Lakers Celtics Finals Kevin Garnett shooting.

10 Great Sports Rivalries

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English Channel Strait of Gibraltar Kattegat East River Long Island Sound The Sound Strait of Dover Skagerrak Straits of Florida Davis Strait

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water glass on white background. (drink; clear; clean water; liquid)

Water and its Varying Forms