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Electoral Votes

The Question: Which state in the Union has the highest number of electoral college votes? The Answer: California. Each state has as…

Total Players in the NFL

The Question: Could you tell me how many players there are in the National Football League, and what the league's average salary is? The Answer…

Ty Cobb

Born: Dec. 18, 1886Baseball OF all-time highest career batting average (.367); hit over .400 3 times; led AL in batting 12 times and stolen bases 6 times with Detroit; MVP in 1911; had 4,191 career…

2006 Olympics: Curling

Think shuffleboard on ice by Mike Morrison and Christine Frantz Related Links 2006 Winter Olympics2006 Curling Medal StandingsCurling Through the YearsEncyclopedia: Curling Did You…

New $20 Bill

The U.S. Treasury adopted a new design for the $20 dollar bill in fall 2003. The new bill incorporates security features introduced in the 1990s, including a watermark and a security thread—both…

nectarine

(Encyclopedia) nectarinenectarinenĕkˌtərēnˈ [key], name for a tree (Prunus persica var. nectarina) of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for its fruit, a smooth-skinned variety of the peach. The…

nut, in botany

(Encyclopedia) nut, in botany, a dry one-seeded fruit which is indehiscent (i.e., does not split open along a definite seam at maturity). Among the true nuts are the acorn, chestnut, and hazelnut.…

Burbank, Luther

(Encyclopedia) Burbank, LutherBurbank, Lutherbûrˈbănk [key], 1849–1926, American plant breeder, b. Lancaster, Mass. He experimented with thousands of plant varieties and developed many new ones,…

2010 Olympics: Curling

Think shuffleboard on ice by Mike Morrison and Christine Frantz Related Links 2010 Winter Olympics Memorable Olympic Moments Birth of the Modern Olympics…

2018 Winter Olympics: Curling

Thawing gender relations on the ice Source: AP Photo/Aaron Favila Related Links 2018 Winter Olympics Memorable Olympic Moments Birth of the Modern Olympics Encyclopedia: Ancient Olympics…