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Each of the your participants also received a share of money raised from ticket sales and donations. It was good to be there, and what was lacking in attendance was more than made up for by the enthusiasm of the youngsters and the appreciation shown by those present. We are already looking forward to next year’s performance.

Asoka was born a Hindu, but he became a Buddhist. He then gave up war, sickened by the slaughter he had seen during his conquest of Orissa in the southeast. Asoka made new laws and had them inscribed on stone pillars set up all across his empire.

When the Earth formed, the lighter elements floated to the surface where they cooled to form a crust. Although the first rocks were formed over 3,500 years ago, they have not stayed the same. They have been changed from forces on the inside and the outside of the Earth. The coastlines on each side of the Atlantic appear to have a jigsaw fit.

the brightest star of all is Sirius

The ocean currents are different in summer and winter. The wind direction can change which ocean current will be influencing the weather in a country. A cold ocean current can make the weather cold, while a warm ocean current can make the weather warm.

According to one story, as a young boy, Alexander tamed the great horse Bucephalus, which was said to be too spirited and wild to control. This magnificent steed later carried Alexander into battle at Issus in 333BCE.

Much of what we know about how the Greeks lived comes from pictures on vases.

For centuries, most people assumed that the cold, black depths of the ocean supported little or no life. Scientists have since discovered a great variety of living things in the deep sea.

Spring tides are tides with unusually high ranges twice per month when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are in line. They can be especially high in the spring and autumn.

The Pacific Ocean, the largest and deepest of the world’s four oceans, covers more than a third of the Earth’s surface and contains more than half of its free water.