The Columbian Exchange
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24 Maalis 202514min
Cruciferous Vegetables (Encore)
One of the most common food items consumed today are cruciferous vegetables. Even if you aren’t familiar with the term, you almost certainly have consumed some before, and there is a good chance you d...
23 Maalis 202512min
Marcus Aurelius: Emperor and Philosopher
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22 Maalis 202515min
The History of Whaling
Whaling is something that humans have engaged in for thousands of years. For most of that time, indigenous groups conducted it on a small scale for survival purposes. Over time, whaling became comme...
21 Maalis 202516min
Earth’s Magnetic Pole Reversals (Encore)
Once every 450,000 years or so, the Earth undergoes a radical transformation. The planet’s magnetic field will literally flip. The North Pole becomes the South Pole and vice versa. Despite the fac...
20 Maalis 202511min
March Madness
Every March, the United States experiences a period known as March Madness. It is the time when college basketball teams compete for a national championship. The process of crowning a national cham...
19 Maalis 202515min
Why is the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order?
All of you are familiar with the ABCs. It is one of the very first things that children are taught. Not only are they taught the letters that comprise the alphabet, but they are also, usually at the ...
18 Maalis 202514min
The Battle of Gettysburg
In the summer of 1863, after two years of war, Confederate General Robert E. Lee felt it was possible to swiftly end the conflict by taking the fight to the Union. Up until this point, almost all of...
17 Maalis 202513min
