Answers to Questions Kids Ask! - Where "Why?" Turns to "Wow!"
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The First World Hotel in Malaysia claims to be the world’s biggest hotel, with over 6,300 rooms. It opened on December 15th, 2000. The MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas doesn’t have as many rooms (only 5,000), but it may be a bigger hotel in terms of size. The MGM Grand also has a casino and a lion habitat!
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How long and deep is the Grand Canyon?
The Grand Canyon was formed by the Colorado River, so most people measure the canyon’s length in Colorado River miles. The Grand Canyon starts at Lees Ferry and ends at…
How many oceans are there in the world?
The planet is approximately 71% water and although the oceans of the earth are all connected (you can sail in a boat in every known “ocean” and “sea”) and truly…
How many people are there in the world?
The world population is the population of humans on the planet Earth. There are currently over six billion people on the planet–we passed the six billion mark on October 12th,…
What is a light year and how long is it?
A light year is a way of measuring distance. I know that doesn’t seem to make much sense because “light year” contains the word “year,” which is normally a unit…
What’s the largest number?
There is no largest number! Why? Well, 1,000,000,000 (1 billion) can’t be the largest number because 1 billion + 1 is bigger – but that is true for any number…