Archive for April 1st, 2006




Google Earth’s April Fool’s joke

Apr 1st, 2006 | By Sue

Over on Kevin Jarnot’s blog, I saw a post about an April Fool’s little visitor on Google Earth. Sure enough, I checked it out and Area 51 in New Mexico has a little visitor. To see for yourself before it’s gone, open Google Earth and type in Area 51. To see where to look, check [...]

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True Source of the Nile?

Apr 1st, 2006 | By Sue

It seems that a team of explorers from the UK and New Zealand, equipped with GPS, recently completed a harrowing journey to what they are calling the ‘true source’ of the Nile River in the Nyungwe rainforest in Rwanda. The expedition took 80 days, and based on their GPS readings, the team believe the Nile [...]

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