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A Swiss company called Solar Impulse is in the very early stages of mounting what it hopes will be the first solar-powered flight around the world. For today’s Geo Quiz, we asked just how long a flight that would be if the flight plan circled the earth at the equator. The answer is 24,901 miles…or approximately 25,000 miles.

World Books Review: Two Volumes of Swiss Horror

Though separated by a century and a half, these two Swiss novellas detailing the outbreak of uncanny terror in rural communities paint surprisingly similar, and memorable, visions of social repression and religious hypocrisy.

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In the Geo Quiz, we’re looking for the country with the world’s highest ratio of nuclear fallout shelter space to national population. Now, tourists can experience what life is like inside one of those nuclear shelters.

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Today’s Geo Quiz asked you to name the country with the most nuclear fallout shelter space per citizen. The answer is Switzerland. Now tourists can get a taste of life inside one of these shelters in the form of the the Null Stern Hotel. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from the man behind the idea: Daniel Charbonnier.
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