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The answer lies in the effects of North Americas immense and fluctuating ice sheets. As they grew, they locked up so much water that the sea levels began to fall. The Bering Sea between Asia and North America began to drain away, leaving a bridge of
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Todd: So, Eli, can you talk a little about England and maybe about it's climate and it's weather, it's leaders, what people eat? Eli: Well, I'm not going to talk about leaders right now because that's a bit of a sore point but England weather, hmm, t