Fifth-Grader Rescues School Bus Full of Classmates After Deadly Freak Accident

Sinking Down

Nicholas had no time to gather his bearings. The bus was slowly sinking into the water, and he knew that not everyone on board had the ability to swim. Nicholas' brain went into overdrive as the bus began to fill with water from the lake...

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The More You Know

  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • Clark Kent (Superman in DC Comics) is also a character in the Marvel universe, where he's actually just a mild-mannered reporter and nothing more.
  • Tree seeds were taken into orbit and planted as "Moon Trees."
  • The population of the United States increases by one person every 12 seconds.
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