There Are 5 Traditional Scotch Whisky Regions. Now, This Scottish Archipelago Wants In.
The Hebridean Whisky Trail features seven distilleries spread across five islands off of Scotland’s northwest coast. The ...
A joke petition asks for signers to help Denmark buy California as Trump eyes Greenland
Is California for sale? A lighthearted petition to buy the state of California for Denmark prompted more than 200,000 ...
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Why Was California Depicted As An Island For Centuries?
It wasn't only Antonia de la Ascensión who made this strange error. Juan de Iturbe, who explored parts of California in 1615, ...
Tasmanian Aboriginal place names for major landmarks to change as part of 'evolution' of reconstructed palawa kani
Thirteen gazetted Aboriginal place names in Tasmania written in the reconstructed palawa kani language will have their first ...
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‘Gulf of America’ arrives on Google Maps
The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for U.S.-based users of Google Maps ...
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From "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America": More Division for the United States?
On Monday, 20 January 2025, it was announced that the new president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, aiming ...
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Colorful creature found ‘basking’ in sun on uninhabited island. It’s a new species
Photo from Hoskin (2025) On an uninhabited island off the coast of Australia, a “smooth” rainforest ... The new species’s scientific name is the Spanish word “isla,” meaning “island ...