When young animals grow up, they may be similar to their parents but they are never identical. If one animal is able to move faster than another of the same species, it can probably catch more…
(Pamela Anderson)model, actressBorn: 7/1/1967Birthplace: Ladysmith, British Columbia Canada Having graced the cover of Playboy magazine no less than six times, the buxom blonde turned her fancy to…
(Nathalie Hedren)actressBorn: 1/19/1930Birthplace: New Ulm, Minnesota Spotted by Alfred Hitchcock as she was filming a commercial, Hedren was cast in her most famous role starring in The Birds (…
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Check out these features in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Read about Fred Korematsu and other famous Asian Americans. Find out the history of the fortune…
authorBorn: 1916Birthplace: Sunderland, EnglandDied: 1995Best Known as: Author of All Creatures Great and Small Originally known as James Alfred Wight, Herriot…
(Theodor Seuss Geisel)children's authorBorn: 3/2/1904Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts After graduating from Dartmouth College, Theodor Geisel undertook postgraduate work at Lincoln College…
(Encyclopedia) terrarium, a miniature garden in an artificial environment, in which small plants and animals may be kept as ornament or for educational purposes. Fish bowls, small fish tanks, large…
(Encyclopedia) Semonides of AmorgosSemonides of Amorgossĭmŏnˈĭdēz, əmôrˈgŏs [key], fl. c.650 b.c., Greek iambic poet, b. Samos. He led a colony to the island of Amorgos in the SE Cyclades c.630 b.c.…
(Encyclopedia) Columella (Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella)Columellakŏlˌyəmĕlˈə [key], fl. 1st cent. a.d., Latin writer on agriculture, b. Gades (now Cádiz), Spain. Of his work there remains the 12-…
