First Olympic Appearance: 1896 (Greco-Roman); 1904 (freestyle) by John Gettings and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? Russia's Martin Klein wrestled Alfred Asikainen of Finland for 11 hours and 40…
by Mark Hughes Since its inception in 1958, NASA has built several lines of spaceships that made space exploration reality rather than a dream limited to science fiction, as well…
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Adopting a cat? Make the Right Choice! You may have heard the saying, "You own a dog, you feed a cat." It's true that cats value their independence a bit more than their canine counterparts…
Outlook After a period of blowouts throughout the mid-1980s and into the early 90s, the NFL has enjoyed some pretty tightly contested Super Bowl games in the past three years. This year, the…
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Linguistic Relationships among Romance Languages
English
Latin
Portuguese
Spanish
French
Italian
Romanian
black
niger
negro
negro
noir
nero
negru
do
facere
fazer
hacer
faire…
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Prefixes for Basic Metric Units
Multiples
Prefix
Abbreviation
Power of 10
Equivalent
deka- or deca-
da
101
ten
hecto-
h
102
hundred
kilo-
k
103
thousand
mega-
M
106
million…
(Encyclopedia) Presidents of the United States
President
Political Party
Dates in Office
Vice President(s)
George Washington
1789–97
John Adams
John Adams
Federalist
1797–1801
Thomas…
(Encyclopedia) Canadian Prime Ministers since Confederation
Prime Minister
Political Party
Dates in Office
Sir John A. Macdonald
Conservative
1867–73
Alexander Mackenzie
Liberal
1873–78
Sir…
(Encyclopedia) Rulers of the Byzantine Empire
Emperor (or Empress)
Dates of Reign
Constantine I (the Great)
330–37
Constantius
337–61
Julian (the Apostate)
361–63
Jovian
363–64
Valens
364–…
