Niagara Falls is located in Ontario and New York.  Niagara River is a set of massive waterfalls straddling the border of Canada and New York.  Niagara Falls is divided into the Horseshoe Falls and the American Falls.

Amsterdam is the capital of the country Netherlands.  It is located on the Province of North Holland.  The city is known for its historic port, the Rijksmuseum, its red-light distric, its liberal coffeeshops and its many canals.  With the vast amount of canals it has been called ”Venice of the North”

Neil Young was born on November 12, 1945 in Toronto Canada.  Young is an acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and film director. Young is often thought of for his deep husky voice, poignant lyrics and unique music style.  Many prominent musicians all over the world attribute him for being their greatest source of inspiration.

Have you ever wondered where the strange and spooky day of Halloween originated?  It turns out that many customs we practice today in relation to All Hollows Day have origins that started in religious practices of the Romans and the Druids.  The Romans worshiped various gods on October 31 with a special feast.  Later the Druids made [...]

The biggest of all cats, tigers live in the forests of eastern and southeastern Asia.  Some subspecies of tigers are already extinct, and there are less than 10,000 tigers remaining in the wild.  They can be found in countries such as Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.  The Bengal tiger is the national animal of both India [...]

Anyone who has left fruit on the counter for a little too long knows that fruit flies can appear in what seems like an instant.  The truth is that these tiny insects (they measure just .2 inches) have the ability to smell food from a very great distance.  Because they are so small, finding entry [...]

Large lumps of copper are found in the ground in the form of nuggets.  Copper, which has an important commercial use as an electrical conductor, heat conductor and building material, has been used by humans for various purposes for thousands of years.  In recent years, Chile has been the top producer of copper followed by [...]

Zinc can be found in many places including the air, soil, water and in the food we eat.  It is found most abundantly in the crust of the earth.  Zinc is important as we need zinc in our diets.  The shiny, blue/white metal also has many commercial and industrial uses such as being mixed with other [...]

Uranium was first discovered in silver mines in what is now the Czech Republic by a German chemist named Martin Klaproth.   Uranium, a dense silver-white metal, is found abundantly in the crust of the earth.  It’s also found in soil, rivers, the ocean, in the food we eat and even - in trace amounts - in human [...]

A turducken is a turkey that is stuffed with a duck that has been stuffed with a chicken. The popularity of this unique food item has soared since it’s introduction in the 1960’s.  Famed chef Paul Prudhomme says he invented the turducken, but that is still being debated by food gurus.   Turduckens can be purchased at [...]