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Nepal The home of Mount Everest and possessing a total of eight of the ten tallest mountains in the world, Nepal enjoys one of the fastest growing economies worldwide. If Mount Everest wasn’t enough to put Nepal on the map, … Continue reading →

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Macaque Monkeys With 23 established species of macaque monkeys, this group of primates has considerable variety. The tails come in all lengths from long to medium to short and finally no tail at all. The range of macaque monkeys is … Continue reading →

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Ural Mountains of Russia Dividing Russia into its European and Asian parts, the Ural Mountains are the backbone of the country. Full of valuable ores, coal, gold and precious gems, the Ural Mountains have long played an important part in … Continue reading →

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Ural Owl A beautiful, large owl with as much as a five-foot wingspan, the Ural owl is named for the Ural Mountains of Russia in which it lives. The Ural owl can also be found as far west as Scandinavia … Continue reading →

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Luxembourg Half the population of Luxembourg is made up of foreigners from 170 different countries. An important founder of the European Union and one of the smallest countries in Europe, Luxembourg was motivated to combine interests with other nations. Two … Continue reading →

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Badgers Fearless. That’s the word to describe badgers. They will stand up to bears and wolves, to coyotes, hyenas and jackals. The honey badger, native to Africa, India and southwest Asia, will defend itself valiantly against a pride of lions. … Continue reading →

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Kansas Situated in the heart of the Midwest, Kansas has given us many notable and famous people like musician Melissa Etheridge, aviator Amelia Earhart, actors Kirstie Alley, Annette Bening, Hattie McDaniel and Buster Keaton as well as President Dwight Eisenhower … Continue reading →

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Prairie Dogs Sweetly affectionate by human standards, prairie dogs of the same family group interact through ‘kissing’, that is oral contact, and through grooming. These rodents are native to the grasslands of the Midwest and give a warning cry like … Continue reading →

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Prince Edward Island Canada With a pastoral landscape, Prince Edward Island has idyllic rolling hills, beautiful woodlands, sand dunes, salt water marshes, reddish-white sand beaches, ocean coves and gorgeous red sandstone cliffs. And of course, the author Lucy Maud Montgomery … Continue reading →

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Ottawa Canada If you’re visiting Ottawa and stumble across a delicacy called ‘beaver tails’, don’t worry, these are merely pastries made in the shape of beaver tails. Ottawa is the capital of Canada and located a few hours drive from … Continue reading →

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