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Geography

3 episodes about geography, each with its video and sources.

  1. Episode 09History Why Does Europe Still Change Its Clocks? The European Parliament voted in 2019 to stop changing the clocks, but EU governments never agreed which hour each country keeps, so a 2001 law still rules. 7 min read
  2. Episode 03Nature How Do the Swiss Know When a Glacier Will Fall? 250,000 tonnes of ice hangs above Randa, sliding up to 20 cm daily. Nobody can name the day it falls, but the Swiss watch it speed up and a radar shuts the road. 6 min read
  3. Episode 01Transport Why Has Slovakia Spent 54 Years Building One Motorway? Slovakia began the D1 in 1972 and it still doesn't join Bratislava and Košice. The route runs through mountains, and the last 13.5 km cost €141 million per km. 6 min read