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September 19, 20111931 - Brook Benton
1934 - Brian Epstein
1928 - Pete Murray
1933 - David McCallum
1940 - Zandra Rhodes
1940 - Bill Medley
1945 - Kate Adie
1946 - Michael Elphick
1948 - Jeremy Irons
1949 - Twiggy
1963 - David Seaman
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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How long and deep is the Grand Canyon?
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How many people are there in the world?
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What is the largest city in the world?
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What years are leap years?
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When was the first New Year celebrated?
The celebration of the new year is actually the oldest of all holidays, but it hasn’t always been observed on January 1. Babylonians first celebrated the beginning of the new…