factmonster - Daily Almanac Collected Daily Feeds from Factmonster.com http://www.factmonster.com/daily en-us Copyright 2009 Pearson Education editor@infoplease.com webmaster@infoplease.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:05:00 GMT factmonster - Daily Almanac http://img.infoplease.com/images/04ip_logo113x20.gif 113 20 http://www.factmonster.com/daily This Day in History: Mission to Mars http://www.factmonster.com/dayinhistory/Nov-28 Daily Word Quiz: secular http://www.factmonster.com/schoolword?month=Nov&day=28 Spelling Bee http://www.factmonster.com/spellingbee?month=Nov&day=28 Analogy Quiz http://www.factmonster.com/analogies?month=Nov&day=28 Today's Birthday: William Blake http://www.factmonster.com/birthday?month=Nov&day=28 Today's Weather Fact: The ice storm http://www.factmonster.com/cgi-bin/weather?month=Nov&day=28 Did you know: Contrary to popular belief, only 30% of the Sahara is made up of sand. http://www.factmonster.com/ipa/A0778851.html Who said: If we encounter a man of rare intellect we should ask him what books he reads. http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0817247.html Top Ten List: Least Livable Countries http://www.factmonster.com/toptens/leastlivable.html Link of the Day: Trends in Book and Literary Reading http://www.factmonster.com/ipea/A0922331.html Today's Featured Article: AIDS Timeline http://www.factmonster.com/spot/aidstimeline1.html