The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are located approximately 50 km south of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.
Baghdad
Confucius
“To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.”
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are located approximately 50 km south of the capital of what country?
John A. Shedd
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
W. C. Fields
“A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.”
It’s a Gas
Although extraordinary for us here on planet Earth, our sun is an ordinary star composed mainly of Hydrogen and Helium. Scientists tell us it is only one of the approximately 100 billion stars that exist in the Milky Way, our galaxy.
Scientists believe the sun began to take shape over 4 billion years ago from a molecular cloud. Without boring you with all the scientific theory, eventually the gases became hot enough for nuclear fusion, becoming what we know as our sun today – the center of our solar system.
Our sun is about 93 million miles away from us here on Earth and even traveling at light speed, it still takes the light emitted from the sun just over eight minutes to reach us here on Earth. Put another way, while you are watching that beautiful sunset, bear in mind that the sun actually ‘set’ more than eight minutes before you see those last rays dip below the horizon!
Tennessee Williams
“A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace.”
Our Sun
What two major elements make up our sun?
Almost 2 Years!
On average, an elephant pregnancy lasts 22 months!
Benjamin Franklin
“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”