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Classical Mythology: Training a Hero

Training a HeroClassical MythologyThe Labors of HeraclesTraining a HeroBeastly Chores: The First Four LaborsEven More Beastly Chores: The Second Four LaborsThe Far Corners of the Earth: The Final…

Life-Changing Science Discoveries

Try to imagine life without antibiotics. We wouldn’t live nearly as long as we do without them. Here’s a look at some discoveries that have changed the world. It’s impossible to rank their…

Geometry: Congruent Triangles

Congruent TrianglesGeometryCongruent TrianglesCPOCTACThe Big FiveThe SAS PostulateThe ASA PostulateThe AAS TheoremProving Segments and Angles Are CongruentProving Lines Are Parallel It's not…

Movies and Film: Some Films Worth Viewing

Some Films Worth ViewingMovies and FilmHow a Film is MadeDevelopment: Birth of a NotionPreproductionThe Big ProductionPostproductionSome Films Worth Viewing These films concentrate on the process…

Eugene Chung

Born: June 14, 1969Football OL first player of Asian descent to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft (1992, 13th overall by New England); All-Big East Conference selection at Virginia…

San Francisco Earthquake: 1906

The worst natural disaster in U.S. history by Chris Frantz San Francisco, California, April 1906 Related Links Almanac: San FranciscoSan Francisco Census Facts: 1906 Versus TodayAll…

The Oscars

By Alicia Potter Oscar was in big trouble. The year was 1952, and talk swirled on the backlots and in the boardrooms that the Academy Awards were on their last legs. The problem? Money. The…

DK Science: Universe

MATTER IN THE UNIVERSEOUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSECROWDED CITYOUR PLANETTHE SOLAR SYSTEMOUR GALAXYTHE EXPANDING UNIVERSEWHERE SPACE BEGINSUNIVERSAL FORCESFIND OUT MOREEverything that exists – stars,…

Dangerous Animals

Fascinating but Deadly Elephants, big cats, and Cape buffaloes by David Johnson An elephant can charge at up to 30 miles per hour. Elephants The largest land mammal, a male…

Dos Passos, John Roderigo

(Encyclopedia) Dos Passos, John Roderigo, 1896–1970, American novelist, b. Chicago, grad. Harvard, 1916. He subsequently studied in Spain and served as a World War I ambulance driver in France and…