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Related Links Gay Pride MonthThe Transgender Law and Policy InstituteThese Kids Are All Right, Too Being Transgender TodayTop Ten States for Transgender RightsThe American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline Various Organizations Make a Stand In 2011, after a transgender girl wasn’t initially allowed to join the Girl Scouts of Colorado, the organization released a statement that “Girl Scouts is an inclusive organization and we accept all girls in Kindergarten through 12th grade as members....
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600 million The number of Beatles albums sold worldwide. 177 million The number of albums sold in the U.S. 11.4 million Number of copies 1, the re-mastered catalog of Beatles hits released in November 2000, sold between 2000 and 2010. It was the best-selling album of the decade. 4.5 million Number of copies of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band sold in the UK. 2.3 million The number of copies The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) box set sold in its first five days of release in 2009 in North America, Japan and the UK....
A hailstorm is precipitation in the form of balls or lumps of clear ice and compact snow. It is not known for sure how hailstones form and grow. We do know that they are spherical or irregularly spherical and usually vary in diameter up to 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); in rare cases hailstones having diameters up to 5 in. (12.7 cm) have been observed. Hail causes much damage and injury to crops, livestock, property, and airplanes....
Gautama’s teachings differed from the Hindu faith prevalent in India at the time. Whereas in Hinduism the Brahmin caste alone performed religious functions and attained the highest spiritual understanding, Gautama believed that anyone could attain enlightenment. At the core of his understanding were the Four Noble Truths: (1) all living beings suffer; (2) the origin of this suffering is desire—for material possessions, power, and so on; (3) desire can be overcome; and (4) there is a path that leads to release from desire....
Last Name: BarkerOccupation: ShepherdOrigin: Barker comes from the Norman word barches, meaning “shepherd,” the person who watches over a flock of sheep. Last Name: BlackOccupation: DyerOrigin: Men named Black were cloth dyers who specialized in black dyes. In those days, all cloth was originally white, so it had to be dyed different colors. Last Name: CarterOccupation: Delivery personOrigin: A person who drove a cart pulled by oxen, carrying goods from town to town, was named Carter....
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…is Count Dracula’s castle? In the Transylvania region of Romania. The castle where the historical Dracula was born still stands in the town of Sighisoara. …is a whole country a desert? There is a saying that Djibouti, in Africa, is “too hot for the devil.” It’s a hot, dry, desert country where less than 1 square mile is farmland. …would you go for a safari? To Nairobi, Kenya, in Africa, the world’s center for tourist safaris....
Struck by Lightning It can be difficult to always think in terms of the universe and outer space, so let’s look at a more earthbound example. This time, there are two poles on the same side of a railroad track, and you’re standing at the midpoint between them. Now imagine you have a mirror bent at a right angle that allows you to see both poles at the same time. Lightning simultaneously strikes both poles, and you see it hit both poles at the same moment....
Related Links Biographies of Notable Women Quotations by Women Women on Pedestals Guide to Worldwide Goddesses Female Ingenuity Mothers of Invention Women’s History Month Quiz Women Adventurers Quiz Famous Women World Rulers Quiz Official Site: International Women’s Day Inspired by an American commemoration of working women, the German socialist Klara Zetkin organized International Women’s Day (IWD) in 1911. On March 19, socialists from Germany, Austria, Denmark and other European countries held strikes and marches....
