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What Is Granite?
Granite is a very hard kind of rock made up of small pieces of mica, quartz and felspar and sometimes other rocks as well.…
Where Is the Village of Oberammergau?
Oberammergau is a small village in the Bavarian Alps near Germany’s border with Austria, a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany.…
Why Does Holland Have so Many Windmills?
The large number of windmills in Holland, or The Netherlands, is due to the fact that they were needed to pump water into the…
How Do Countries Get Their Names?
Countries do not all have universally accepted names. Holland is officially The Netherlands. Finland is called Suomi by its own people. The
Why Would You Go to Death Valley?
You would go to Death Valley, as do half a million visitors each year, to look at its magnificently varied scenery and to recapture…