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Weather is what is happening in the atmosphere now, at any place on Earth’s surface. It includes the temperature and whether it is wet and…
Every July or August, thousands of Sri Lankans travel to the hill city of Kandy to watch dancers, acrobats, drummers, whip crackers, flame throwers and more than 100 elegantly decorated elephants…
musicianBorn: 7/20/1947Birthplace: Autlan De Navarro, Mexico The guitar-playing legend's blend of blues, rock, and Afro-Cuban rhythms has kept him visible on the popular music front for more than…
actress, model, singer, songwriterBorn: 12/17/1975Birthplace: Kiev, Ukraine The daughter of a Yugoslavian father and a Russian mother, Milla Jovovich moved to the United States in 1981 from the…
Our solar system consists of one star (the Sun), eight planets and all their moons, three dwarf planets, and several thousand small solar system objects—…
Earth is not perfectly round; it bulges at the equator and is flatter at the poles. From space the planet looks blue with white swirls, created by water and clouds.Size: Four planets in our solar…
actor, producer, directorBorn: 8/17/1960Birthplace: Burbank, California The son of actor Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, Sean Penn comes by his thespian tendencies honestly. Instead of attending…
(Brandy Norwood)actress, singerBorn: 2/11/1979Birthplace: McComb, Mississippi Teen singing sensation-turned television star, she is evidently the perfect teen role model, receiving the 1997 Image…
(Encyclopedia) Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus), fl. 2d cent. a.d., celebrated Greco-Egyptian mathematician, astronomer, and geographer. He made his observations in Alexandria and was the last great…
