Following the Equator

Friday Fun Fact: Future Olympics

When the Closing Ceremony of the Olympics concludes Sunday, the world's attention will turn from Beijing to London four years hence.

London will host the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first city to host the Games three times (also 1948 and 1908). The 2012 London Olympics will run from July 27 through August 12, 2012.

The site of the 2016 Summer Olympics will be chosen October 2, 2009. The four finalists are Chicago, United States; Madrid, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Tokyo, Japan.

Meanwhile, the 2010 Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver, Canada, and the 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia.

Pangea Day unites the world

We often tend to overlook the fact that the entire world at one time was banded together on one landmass, one supercontinent called Pangea.

Next Saturday, a global event will try to bring the world together again for the appropriately named Pangea Day.

Pangea Day is an audacious idea to rally the world through the power of film—24 short films, in fact. The four-hour event, which also features seven concerts and more than a dozen speakers, will be held in Cairo, Kigali (Rwanda), London, Los Angeles, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro, beginning at 2 p.m. EDT May 10. You can attend the live event, watch the broadcast through the Internet, television and mobile phones, and even host or attend a live local event.

Check out the official Pangea Day site, where you can hear countries sing each other's national anthems and learn about the inspiring international films that will "allow us see the world through another person's eyes." But, first, watch the trailer: