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Kaufman, George S.

(Encyclopedia) Kaufman, George S.Kaufman, George S.kôfˈmən [key], 1889–1961, American dramatist and journalist, b. Pittsburgh as George Kaufman. As a drama critic for various New York newspapers he…

Tennessee

Capital: Nashville State abbreviation/Postal code: Tenn./TN Governor: Bill Haslam, R (to Jan. 2019) Lieut. Governor: Ron Ramsey, R (…

Financial Websites

American Association of Individual Investors www.aaii.com Foreign Exchange Rates www.money.cnn.com/data/currencies U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission www.sec.gov Federal Deposit Insurance…

DK Science: Internet

PACKET SWITCHINGINTERNET ACCESSCONNECTING TO THE INTERNETEMAILWORLD WIDE WEBFIND OUT MOREThe Internet is a computer network covering the whole world. We can use it to search through three billion…

Spotlight: The Search for Life in the Solar System

So How's the Europan Seafood? Even if life does exist on Europa, it is still too early to take up extraterrestrial ice fishing. Most likely, only very primitive forms of life would exist (microbes…

Hoaxes - Corporate

Corporate Shenanigans by Shmuel Ross Yo Quiero Liberty On April 1, 1996, readers of newspapers including the New York Times were met with a full-page advertisement announcing…

Linking to Fact Monster

You are welcome and encouraged to link from your web site to Fact Monster. Please remember that the majority of the information on Factmonster.com is protected by copyright, and you many not copy the…

Measuring Years

The word for the longest measurement of time is kalpa, Hindi for 432 billion years. A year is the time it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun once. A calendar…