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"Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together." -James Cash Penney We don't normally have a week like this, where we not only take on the biggest topics in all of existence, but also have a ground-shaking announcement to make that alters the very fabric of Starts With A Bang! This past week, we've had a whole slew of outstanding things that we've covered, including:
Typeo. i apologize to mt. everest, i did not mean to diminish 9,000 feet. scientists disagree about how tall mt. everest is and if it is the tallest mountain in the world. summer ash who has been doing explainers online told us this today. she said while everest is the highest mountain above sea level, it's not the farthest point from the earth. the earth is fatter at the equator, it bulges like a beer belly, and therefore there's a mountain in ecuador whose center is farther from the center of the earth than everest. little known fact. also if you measure a mountain from the base no matter wh...