Answers to Questions Kids Ask! - Where "Why?" Turns to "Wow!"

Q:
How old is the Grand Canyon?
A:
Five or six million years ago, the young Colorado River began to cut the layers of rock, and the Grand Canyon was born. To create something that beautiful takes a lot of time. Some of the exposed rock at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is over two billion years old!
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1734 - Mayer Amchel Rothschild
1883 - Victor Fleming
1937 - Lt-Cdr Brian Mills
1939 - Peter Fonda
1947 - Anton Mosimann
1952 - Brad Whitford
1955 - Howard Jones