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Totally Concerned with Length

Posted on 12. Feb, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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I was just reading about how the Nile River may not be the world’s longest river, a geographical fact we all had hammered into our heads in grade school. The Nile has been measured at 6,693 kilometres (4,160 miles), making it slightly longer than the Amazon, which is 6,436 kilometres (4,000 miles) long. But researchers in Brazil are now reporting that the Amazon is actually longer. [...]

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Stuff I Really Need to Read…. Next Year

Posted on 31. Dec, 2008 by Kerry Banks.

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The end of the year is fast approaching, which, as we all know, means it’s time to look back and forward at the same time, and try not to get dizzy. In this case, I’m looking back at some of the excellent travel books published in 2008 that I neglected to read, but which I plan to [...]

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