Another use of the Ethereum blockchain is its ability to decentralize any services that are centralized. For instance, Ethereum is able to decentralize services like loans provided by banks, online transactions using Paypal as well as voting systems and much more. Ethereum can also be used to build a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO).
The location for Mission San Juan Capistrano was chosen because it was approximately halfway between Mission San Diego de Alcala and Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. The Spanish explored the area and Father Crespi passed through the San Juan Valley. He named the area he saw Santa Maria Magdalena.
Why was the Panama Canal needed? Early European explorers of the Americas identified the narrow band of land between northern and southern America as an ideal place to construct a canal to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Various European colonists from the Central America area tabled a plethora of ideas for the construction of such a canal.