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and K-12 education.
Did
you know that the Celtic Sun god, Lugh,
threw a magic stone that killed Balor, the god of the underworld?
Did you know that Thor was the Norse god of thunder, and that he produced thunder with his hammer, Mjolnir?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Tsunami
xTsunami : A tsunami is a sea wave of local or distant origin that results from large-scale seafloor displacements associated with large earthquakes, major submarine slides, or exploding volcanic islands.
A magnitude-8.1 earthquake and tsunami that killed 192 people last year in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga was in fact a triple-whammy. The 8.1 "great earthquake" concealed and triggered two...Read more