The state of California stretches along half side of the western border of Continental US. It has a population of 36 million and a surface of 163.700 square miles (423.970 square km). Fun facts now: The California poppy is the official state flower. The...

For the past 10 or 20 years, the main subject about the weather is the so-called Global Warming. What is this phenomenon and is it really happening? The global warming is also known as the Greenhouse effect. What does this really mean? The greenhouse...

Let’s begin by naming the 4 oceans on planet Earth: The Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and the Arctic are the biggest in the world. The Earth Ocean, though, is made up of more than 20 seas and 4 oceans. Added up, they have almost 328,000,000 cubic miles...

The state of Ohio became a member of the Union on the 1st of March, 1803. Thus, it became the 17th state to become a member. The capital city is Columbus. The state of Ohio is well known for the high-interest it gives to people. For instance, the first...

Like a great many of the churches in Europe, the cathedral of Notre Dame is built on a spot that was formerly used as a pagan temple devoted to the Roman god Jupiter. In the fifth century, after Catholicism had taken hold in Paris, a church was built at...

Almost from the moment it was started in 1172, the bell tower for the Pisa Cathedral began to lean. A weak foundation only seven feet deep, coupled with sandy soil and seeping water from the nearby Arno River all contribute to the Leaning Tower of...

Louis XIV of France considered himself a glorious king, so he decreed that a glorious palace be built at Versailles, 11 miles southwest of Paris. And while many people consider that he succeeded in his effort, others have said the palace was a miserable...

Corals are large colonies of tiny animals that grow slowly upward and outward as a thin layer of living tissue. Each year, these colonies, or coral reefs, leave behind a layer of limy skeleton which is so tough it almost feels like rock. Scientists...

In 1931, Nevada legalized gambling. Soon after, Las Vegas became to that activity what Hollywood is to motion pictures -- the capital. The state of Nevada has 151,362 slot machines, with almost 100,000 of them in Clark County, home to Las Vegas. In...

When George Vancouver explored Alaska's coast in 1794, Glacier Bay didn't exist. Instead of an inlet, Vancouver found a solid wall of ice hundreds of feet high with ice blocks crashing into the sea. Since then, the glacial ice block Vancouver saw has...

CAPITAL: Sacramento JOINED UNION: September 9, 1850 STATE BIRD: Valley Quail STATE FLOWER: Golden Poppy MEANING OF STATE NAME: Named by Spanish after Califia, a mythical paradise in a Spanish romance written by Montalvo in 1510 LAND AREA: 155,973...

Known to the Shoshone, Blackfeet, and Crow Indians for years, white men first reported viewing Yellowstone in 1869. Their awe-filled descriptions of a land full of steaming fountains, and subsequent official U.S. expeditions to the area, led to...