Questions and Answers: Volume 13
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3 Dec 202317min
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (Encore)
When most people think of World War II, they think of the Allied powers of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, versus the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan. However, t...
2 Dec 202310min
The Library of Alexandria (Encore)
Sometime during the reign of Ptolemy I or Ptolemy II, the Egyptian state decided to build an institution dedicated to accumulating all human knowledge in the City of Alexandria. As the city grew, this...
1 Dec 202313min
Gerrymandering
Winston Churchill once said, “Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…” Churchill was on to something. While I’m sure the vas...
30 Nov 202314min
Uranus
Located approximately 1.8 billion miles or 2.9 billion kilometers from the sun is the seventh planet in the solar system, Uranus……or Uranus. Uranus is unlike any other planet in the solar system in s...
29 Nov 202314min
Ocean Currents
The surface of the Earth is 70 percent water. If you just looked at a map and saw a sea of blue, you might think that the water is just sitting there, but it's not. The oceans are constantly moving,...
28 Nov 202313min
Was King Arthur Real? (Encore)
King Arthur is one of the most popular and widely known characters in literary history around the world. Tales have been told about him for almost 1,000 years. However, many people have wondered if K...
27 Nov 202311min
The Opium Wars
In the 19th century, the British and the Chinese went to war on two separate occasions—the reasons why they went to war are both simple and complicated. The more complicated reason has to do with the...
26 Nov 202315min
