Here is another entry for this awesome game from @matkodurko.
This initiative is simple - what have I learned recently?
No theme this week...
Over the past few days I learned:
No. 1 - Wyoming is REALLY big!
Wyoming is the 10th largest state in area. It's just a little bigger than the United Kingdom.. 97,914 sq mi (253,600 km2) according to Wikipedia
Even the county we live in - Natrona - is huge... 5,376 sq mi (13,924 km2) according to Wikipedia. This compares to Northern Ireland at 14,130 km2 (5,460 sq mi) or the state of Connecticut at 5,567 sq mi (14,357 km2)
I was talking to @cicisaja the other day about sizes. She was letting me know that another Steemian was currently in Rock Springs, Wyoming and we should meet up. Great idea, except that the map is very good at making you think things are much smaller than they are... I discovered that the drive to Rock Springs from Casper is approximately 228 miles - so roughly 3 1/2 hours, maybe 4 if the weather isn't perfect or you need to take a break.
As Cici is in Indonesia, I looked for a distance that was similar there - something close to home that she could compare it with.
The distance from Jakarta to Semarang is approximately 250 miles, so a little longer.
Cici was shocked - for her, it would take about 13 hours to travel this distance! I'm suddenly grateful for uncongested and roads in good condition!
No. 2 - Kiddle search engine for kids
Brought to you by Google (whom I know we all love...), here is a kid-friendly search engine that should produce all the results you would expect, without all the sites you don't. Try Kiddle.
No. 3 - The difference between a xylophone, a glockenspiel, a marimba and a vibraphone
Another piece that came via a dispute with my husband, lol.
I had always thought that a glockenspiel was the wooden instrument I played in third grade - made sense with the "glock" maybe being the sound made when the mallet hit the wood... (many languages have a lot of sound names) - but I was completely wrong! (Or outdated, perhaps.)
The modern glockenspiel is always metal! The marimba is always wood - with resonators below it. A xylophone should be wooden, but in reality, it's often metal too. A vibraphone seems to be a little in the middle and is used for jazz whereas the modern xylophone is more likely to be used in Western music.
No. 4 - Coypu vs Nutria
I never remembered seeing these creatures when I was growing up, but when I was in Vancouver, WA, with my parents, I got familiar to seeing this creature at the local wildlife areas. Now, I'm aware that these creatures have become a nuisance in many areas.
(Source: Eat the Weeds.com)
I was told this week that nutria is technically the fur of the coypu. I was hoping to find a link for this, but I haven't found one yet - though in many areas nutria are highly valued for their fur, so maybe it's more of a regional thing - not sure.
Apparently, coypu also make very good eating. Here is a recipe if you want to help take care of a local infestation. There's a lot of other great information about the coypu at Eat the Weeds - and info about lots of other wild foods.
No. 5 - Norway's stunning Atlantic Ocean Road
I'm sure I've seen pictures of it before, but I've never really learned about it...
Stretching only 5.2 miles into the Atlantic connecting the communities of Averøy and Eida in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
Its completion closed a ferry route - though looking at the waves that are common in bad weather, it's probably a good thing.
Here is the road on a nice day:
And on a not-so-nice day:
(Note: I'm having trouble seeing YouTube videos right now on Steempeak - but it's working fine on Steemit...)
I think that's going to be it this week.
Even if you're not entering the contest (why not?) what have you learned this week?
| Links to Previous Entries | Topics |
|---|---|
| week 5 | photographing the moon, George RR Martin's characters, Red 40 |
| week 6 | Signs of arson, Ranks in the UK, Firework displays, the "oche", pork rinds, Jr. punctuation |
| week 7 | Types of conflict, Difficult scene = fatigue, unseasoning cast iron |
| week 8 | Decorative organization, Darts - BDO/PDC players, extreme beekeeping, plastic explosives, Alexander Rybak |
| week 9 | Intellicast, Darts - PDC cards, no-fly list, life span sperm/egg, sword injuries |
| week 10 | Vikings! Language, Music - Joik, Sámi people |
| week 11 | LA Rams, Elite Games, hares/rabbits, cryptoprobs, snow on OR beach |
| week 12 | Canal boats, Freyja, ISBNs, Doctor Who Experience, Ravenpuff, Norsemen |
| week 13 | Sugarcane Lego, Farm Cam, Drug Wars, Fart words, Coffee |
| week 14 | Brave, Cobwebs, Blood Eagle, Dark Romance, Tea |
| [week x]( | |
Crossposted at Steemit, Whaleshares, WeKu
Lori Svensen
author/designer at A'mara Books
photographer/graphic artist for Viking Visual
verified author on Goodreads
find me on Twitter
also on: Whaleshares, WeKu
Nice! I like the previous weeks table :) And the Kiddle is such amazing idea!! And it seems it works right :D
:D
Mentioning @cicisaja, I'm wondering when will she join us? She's all over Steemit but hasn't taken part here yet :)
And the Norway road is amazing indeed! My friend was there last summer and showed me pics...stunning indeed!
😂😂😂 @matkodurko... I'm a nasty and bad student😊 I don't like to learn when everybody doing it😊 you know..I'm free as a bird. Don't worry... I'll join you when I want to 😉
Our dear cici - who also needs to hang out at @pifc a bit more... We're all pulling her this way and that - no wonder she's rebelling a little. <3
Hehehe.. you're right @viking-ventures 😉 steemmonsters has taking me away from pifc and other wonderful things I like to join in the past... I need to find a good way to adjust all this excitement with the monsters... I need to hang up with human more😂
haha soo you're winning all the tourneys? :)
Not thr tourneys 😊 just dqs with gold foils as rewards😂
Hahaha - you would test the limits... and share with us. But that's excellent to know it works.
That is pretty a lot, I just learn how to make another type of the pancakes, lol.
Web | Discord
Thanks for stopping by again!
#steemrepair
Very cool post, @viking-ventures. Thanks for sharing. 😎