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TODAY IN ADVENTURE |
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National Geographic Founded: Did you know? |
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On January 13th (that’s today!), 1888, a group of 33 scientists and explorers gathered at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. to prepare the constitution for the National Geographic Society. The members of the club were an elite group of wealthy academics and explorers that aimed to create “a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge.” It has since become one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world, and has funded some of the most important projects of the past century’s greatest adventurers, including Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Jane Goodall, Louis and Mary Leakey, Michael Fay, and many more. |
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