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Glad You Asked—Archive


March 1997

February 1997

  • Nasty Neighbors... - Tigers eating people / South Africa’s capitals / Previously published Society maps

January 1997

December 1996

  • Saved by the Web... – Caring for a wounded eagle / Why are deserts on western sides of continents? / Rockall

November 1996

  • So what IS sea level? – How is sea level defined? / Koko's Kitten / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC articles on the Civil War
  • Names that Pack Punches – How do hurricanes get their names? / Where have the effects of acid rain been reversed? / Just what IS the National Geographic Society?

October 1996

September 1996

August 1996

  • Billions and billions... – How many NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazines have been printed? / Kaliningrad / Why do we have daylight saving time?
  • Sailing, sailing... – Seven Seas / Is there an index for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC? / Mosquito life expectancy
  • Santa Standard Time? – What time is it at the North Pole? / Has NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ever rated lakes? / What is the difference between a gulf and a bay?
  • Magazines, clocks, and seawater... – What can I do with my old collection of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazines? / Is Big Ben the name of the tower or of the clock itself? / Why is seawater salty?

July 1996

  • Millennium Milieu – Where will day first break in the new millennium? / Pakistani refugee girl cover photograph / How did our planet get its name?
  • Week 3 – Article on covered bridges of Madison County, Iowa? / How many continents are there? / Will sharks eat anything?
  • Week 2 – Do wildlife photographers ever help out animals in trouble? / Where are the ends of the earth? / Why don’t you call the magazine “International Geographic?”
  • The World in a Mailbag