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The Fifty-Meter Freestyle

The Question: I'm looking on your site for the winner of the 50-meter freestyle swimming event at the 1984 Olympics, but can't find it. Do you have that…

Weather: What Should I Wear?

What Should I Wear?WeatherWhat Should I Wear?Playing the OddsGetting Down to BasicsForecasting from the Beginning Books on weather often save the best for last. Before you finally get to weather…

DK Science: New Materials

ALL EXTREME FABRICAEROGEL FOAMCOMET DUST COLLECTORSTARDUSTCOMET WILD 2CONDUCTIVE FABRICSFABRIC MOBILE PHONESMART MATERIALSFIND OUT MOREMaterials scientists develop and test new materials that do…

Gary Hall, Jr.

Born: September 26, 1974American Swimmer Won the 50m free event in the 2004 Athens Olympics. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Hall won the 50m free and the 4x100m medley relay, earned silver in the…

Malay Peninsula

(Encyclopedia) Malay PeninsulaMalay Peninsulaməlāˈ, māˈlā [key], southern extremity (c.70,000 sq mi/181,300 sq km) of the continent of Asia, lying between the Andaman Sea of the Indian Ocean and the…

Doctor Jokes

Doctor Jokes Doctor, doctor, I have this feeling that I'm invisible! Doctor, doctor, I've lost my memory!     – When did you lose it? When did I lose what?…

antique collecting

(Encyclopedia) antique collecting, the assembling of items of aesthetic, historical, and often monetary value from earlier eras. The term antique initially referred only to the preclassical and…

Mörike, Eduard

(Encyclopedia) Mörike, EduardMörike, Eduardāˈd&oomacr;ärt möˈrĭkə [key], 1804–75, German writer and clergyman, a leader of the Swabian school. Over 50 of his rich and varied lyrics, among them “…