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How to Make Pokémon GO
You wanna be the very best? Like no one ever was? Travel across your neighborhood with us and learn about some of the tech behind the phenomenon that is Pokémon GO.
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How Animals Find Their Way Home!
Jessi and Squeaks are back from their research trip and ready to keep learning with all of you! And on their trip back to The Fort, Jessi thought up a really interesting questions: how do animals find their way home?
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Landmarks - Teotihuacan
TEOTIHUACAN FROM ITS FOUNDATION IN THE SECOND CENTURY B.C. TO THE PRESENT DAY, TEOTIHUACAN IN MEXICO HAS OCCUPIED A POWERFUL YET MYSTERIOUS PLACE IN THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICANS. SITUATED IN THE HIGHLANDS OF CENTRAL...
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Landmarks - Machu Picchu/Chichen Itza
MACHU PICCHU/CHICH N ITZ IN THE 15TH CENTURY, THE INCAN EMPEROR PACHAC TEC BUILT A CITY IN THE CLOUDS ON THE MOUNTAIN KNOWN AS MACHU PICCHU OR "OLD MOUNTAIN". THIS EXTRAORDINARY SETTLEMENT SITS AT 8,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, HALFWAY UP...
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Landmarks - Dracula Theme Park
DRACULA THEME PARK IN 2003 THE ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED IT INTENDED TO BUILD A DISNEYLAND-STYLE DRACULA PARK IN SNAGOV, NORTH OF BUCHAREST. BUT FROM THE START, THERE WAS POWERFUL OPPOSITION. THE PARK'S INITIAL LOCATION NEAR THE...
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Landmarks - Great Barrier Reef
GREAT BARRIER REEF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF IS ONE OF THE SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD, AND IS THE ONLY LIVING ORGANISM THAT CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE. A WORLD HERITAGE LISTED AREA, THE REEF STRETCHES MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND KILOMETRES...
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Landmarks - Prague Bridge
PRAGUE, CAPITAL OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC IS ONE OF EUROPE S MOST PICTURESQUE AND HISTORIC CITIES. AFTER A TUMULTUOUS 20TH CENTURY MARKED BY WAR, INVASION AND SUPPRESSION, A NEW ERA OF FREEDOM AND STABILITY HAS DAWNED. AND WITH IT, A CHANCE...
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Landmarks - Gran Saposoa Discovery
GRAN SAPOSOA DISCOVERY IN THIS ERA OF SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY AND INTENSE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IT S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE EARTH CAN STILL HIDE LOST CIVILISATIONS. BUT IT DOES AND THE THRILL OF DISCOVERY WAS RECENTLY GIVEN TO A...
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Landmarks - Lake Titicaca
LAKE TITICACA LAKE TITICACA IS THE HIGHEST NAVIGABLE LAKE IN THE WORLD. SPREAD ACROSS THE BORDER BETWEEN BOLIVIA AND PERU IT SPANS OVER 8,000 SQUARE KILOMETRES AT A HEIGHT OF OVER 3,800 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
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Landmarks - Mount Everest
MOUNT EVEREST REVERED BY ALL WHO SEE IT. EVEREST STANDS 8048 METRES TALL OR 29 THOUSAND AND 29 FEET AND STRADDLES BOTH THE ANCIENT KINGDOMS OF NEPAL AND TIBET. ITS STATUS AS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD HEIGHTENED THE DESIRE OF MANY TO CONQUER...
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Landmarks - Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON MENTION THE NAME WIMBLEDON ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND YOU WILL USUALLY GET THE SAME RESPONSE - INSTANT RECOGNITION THAT IT IS THE HOME OF TENNIS AND PERHAPS THE HEART OF ENGLAND. ALTHOUGH IT MOVED TO ITS PRESENT HOME IN CHURCH...
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Landmarks - Grauman's Chinese Theatre
GRAUMAN S CHINESE THEATRE 6928 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD MAY NOT IMMEDIATELY SPRING TO MIND AS A LANDMARK ADDRESS BUT WHEN YOU SAY GRAUMAN CHINESE THEATRE, MOST PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE YOU MEAN. FOR OVER 80 YEAR S MOVIE STARS HAVE CEMENTED...
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Landmarks - Gladiators
GLADIATORS THE COLOSSEUM S HEYDAY MAY HAVE BEEN OVER 1500 YEARS AGO BUT OVER THE PAST HALF CENTURY TOURISM BROUGHT THE CROWDS BACK IN LARGE NUMBERS TO A SITE SYNONYMOUS WITH BOTH THE GRANDEUR AND IGNOMINY OF ANCIENT ROME. BOTH TOURISTS...
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Landmarks - Fish Hotel Singapore
FISH HOTEL SINGAPORE A HOTEL IN SINGAPORE WHERE THE FISH ARE THE GUESTS RATHER THE MAIN COURSE. YES IT S TRUE, LOVERS OF JAPANESE CARP FISH, KNOWN AS KOI, ARE PAYING BIG MONEY TO RENT SPACE IN SPECIAL HOTELS IN SINGAPORE TO ENSURE...
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Landmarks - Amazon River
AMAZON RIVER SOUTH AMERICA S AMAZON RIVER IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE BIGGEST RIVER, OWING TO THE AMOUNT OF FRESH WATER IT CARRIES TO THE OCEANS. 1/5 OF THE WORLDS RIVER FLOW CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE AMAZON. THE AMAZON IS SO LARGE THAT IT HAS ITS...
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Landmarks - Nimes Mosaics
NIMES MOSAICS SOMETIMES LANDMARK DISCOVERIES COME AT THE MOST UNEXPECTED TIME. RECENTLY ROUTINE BUILDING WORK IN THE HEART OF THE ANCIENT FRENCH TOWN OF N MES LED TO A UNIQUE AND FASCINATING DISCOVERY. WORK WAS TAKING PLACE ON AN...
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Landmarks - The Nile River
THE NILE RIVER THE MERE MENTION OF THE NILE RIVER EVOKES IMAGES OF ANCIENT WONDERS, THE PHARAOHS, THE PYRAMIDS, THE SPHINX, THE BIBLE AND FANTASTIC TALES OF WONDROUS TREASURES. BUT THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD ALSO REPRESENTS LIFE TO...
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Landmarks - Mount Rushmore
MOUNT RUSHMORE MOUNT RUSHMORE IN SOUTH DAKOTA IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES' MOST FAMOUS MOUNTAINS, AND TO MANY IT S THE COUNTRY S MOST PRECIOUS. CARVED INTO THE ROCK ARE THE FACES OF FOUR U.S. PRESIDENTS: GEORGE WASHINGTON, THOMAS...
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Landmarks - Jin Mao Spiderman
JIN MAO SPIDERMAN THIS IS SERIAL SKYSCRAPER CLIMBER, FRENCHMAN ALAIN ROBERT. WHAT HE AND THIS PROGRAM HAVE IN COMMON IS A PASSION FOR MONUMENTAL LANDMARKS, NATURAL AND MAN MADE. THIS TIME DRESSED IN A SPIDERMAN COSTUME, THE TINY...
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Landmarks - Abu Simbel
ABU SIMBEL WHEN PHARAOH RAMSES II CARVED TWO TEMPLES OUT OF SOLID ROCK AT A SITE ON THE WEST BANK OF THE NILE, THE SUN GODS AMUN-RA AND RA-HORAKHTE BLESSED THEM WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF LIGHT. SOUTH OF ASWAN IN THE LAND OF NUBIA, THEY ARE...
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Landmarks - Tigris River
TIGRIS RIVER IN BIBLICAL TIMES THE TIGRIS RIVER WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FOUR RIVERS TO HAVE FLOWED FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN. THE FAST FLOWING RIVER ALONG WITH IT SLOWER SISTER RIVER, THE EUPHRATES, FLOWS FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF...
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Landmarks - Christ The Redeemer
CHRIST THE REDEEMER IT IS BRAZIL'S MOST FAMOUS ICON, CRISTO REDENTOR THE STATUE OF CHRIST THE REDEEMER. FOR OVER 80 YEARS IT HAS TOWERED OVER RIO DE JANEIRO, THE NATION S CAPITAL. THE 125-FOOT STATUE HAS STOOD UPON CORCOVADO MOUNTAIN...
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Landmarks - Grand Canyon
IN ONE PANORAMIC SWEEP YOU CAN SEE NEARLY HALF OF THE EARTH'S 4.6 BILLION-YEAR HISTORY. EROSION HAS EXPOSED ROCK STRATA RANGING FROM THE 1.7-BILLION-YEAR OLD VISHNU SCHIST OF THE INNER GORGE, TO THE PALE KAIBAB LIMESTONE DEPOSITED 250...
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Landmarks - Hollywood Sign
HOLLYWOOD SIGN HOLLYWOOD HAS LONG CONSIDERED ITSELF THE CENTRE OF THE MOVIE UNIVERSE AND HERE’S THE SHOT TO PROVE IT. THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN AS CAPTURED FROM SPACE. BACK DOWN ON EARTH THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN RECENTLY UNDERWENT A FACELIFT. IT’S...