What object in London was originally named Big Ben? Detailed answer

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What object in London was originally named Big Ben?

Big Ben is not the name of the tower or even the clock on it. Initially, this name was given to the bell in this clock. And only then this name was extended to the clock and the tower itself, which is officially called the Elizabeth Tower.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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What causes an earthquake?

Everyone is well aware that earthquakes are natural disasters that quite often happen in one place or another on our planet, the Earth begins to tremble underfoot, wide cracks open in it, similar to bottomless gorges, houses and other buildings sway and collapse .

Some, especially strong earthquakes acquire the size of terrifying catastrophes, hundreds and thousands of people die in them. The fact is that in some places in the earth's crust there are faults - something like cracks or shifts. Giant stone slabs in the depths of the Earth are in constant motion. From time to time, their edges rise or fall at the faults, and sometimes they move along the cracks.

However, when they collide or rub against each other, a huge amount of energy is released, which causes vibrations in the earth's crust. Of course, they are also felt on the surface of the Earth. Sometimes these vibrations diverge in waves for a distance of many thousands of kilometers from the epicenter, that is, from the place where the earthquake occurred. Naturally, such faults in the earth's crust are far from being everywhere, so earthquakes occur only in certain regions of the planet.

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