How long does it take to build credit history? According to Experian, one of the major credit bureaus, it takes between three and six months of regular credit activity for your file to become thick enough that a credit score can be calculated. How thick your file becomes depends on how many loans you get […]
Why do people think Guy Fawkes was set up?
Why do people think Guy Fawkes was set up? The argument that Fawkes may have been framed has been made from the assumption that the Gunpowder Plot was actually a sting operation to vilify Catholics. The discovery of the plot hinged on a seemingly anonymous letter sent to Lord Mounteagle, a Catholic, warning him not […]
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What are the consequences of unsustainable agriculture?
What are the consequences of unsustainable agriculture? If farms are overcleared, the basic resource, the land, becomes degraded. The results can be seen in the form of salination, waterlogging, overgrazing, erosion, feral and woody weed invasions, loss of soil fertility and structure, acidification, soil compaction and changed hydrological dynamics. How does farmland affect the environment? […]
What brings warm water to Europe?
What brings warm water to Europe? The Gulf Stream is an ocean current that carries warm water up the eastern coast of the United states and Canada and on to western Europe. What is the name of current of warm water that extends from the Gulf of Mexico north toward the United Kingdom? Gulf Stream […]
What did James Polk promise to do if he were elected President?
What did James Polk promise to do if he were elected President? Polk accomplished nearly everything that he said he wanted to accomplish as President and everything he had promised in his party’s platform: acquisition of the Oregon Territory, California, and the Territory of New Mexico; the positive settlement of the Texas border dispute; lower […]
What did Joseph Black do?
What did Joseph Black do? Joseph Black, (born April 16, 1728, Bordeaux, France—died Nov. 10, 1799, Edinburgh, Scot.), British chemist and physicist best known for the rediscovery of “fixed air” (carbon dioxide), the concept of latent heat, and the discovery of the bicarbonates (such as bicarbonate of soda). What disease did Joseph Black cure? Black […]