The Learning Escapades:

The quest to answer life's random questions

What is a Learning Escapade?

Answer: a record of interesting facts, stories and "wow! I never knew that!" moments all wrapped up in one blog. As random questions pop up in life, I do my best to find answers and record them here.

Gandhi once said, "Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

This quote examplifies this learning blog. Rather than learn little facts and then promptly forget them, this blog attempts to capture those answers and explanations and store them for all to see.

Have you ever wondered how an airplane flies? Why Indian woman have dots on their foreheads or who the richest people in the world are? Questions like these have always interested me. Now with the help of wikipedia and other web resources, it is as easy as ever to find answers to those questions.

Each entry on this blog is a mini-escapade--an adventure that makes the world more fascinating and better understood at the same time.

If you have a question that needs answering or have an extrodinariy explination please let me know.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Colombia, S. America


Colombia Basic Facts:

Capital: Bogota
Population: 44 million
Size: 1 million sq. km. or twice the size of texas
President: Alvaro Uribe Velez
GDP per capita: 8,600
Percent below poverty line: 49%
Literacy Rate: 92%

Government: President Uribe is head of government and state. legislative with senate and house of representatives, and four on the judicial court (there is a separate supreme court)

Politics: Insurgent groups include the FARC, (revolutionary armed forces of Colombia) and the ELN (national liberation army)
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