This table provides figures about the 50 most populous nations in the world as of July 2016. China is the most populous. Rank Country Population World 7,323,187…
Read biographies of prominent figures in the Middle East, learn about the history of the countries in upheaval, and more
by Beth Rowen
Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi Anti-government…
Is Greenland Green? No. Much of Greenland is covered with a thick blanket of ice. The Viking explorers called it Greenland in order to lure settlers!Is the Dead Sea Dead? Yes. There is no life in…
Born: 2/6/1911Birthplace: Tampico, Ill. Ronald Wilson Reagan rode to the presidency in 1980 on a tide of resurgent right-wing sentiment among an electorate longing for a distant, simpler era. He…
Shawnee chiefBorn: 1768? Tecumseh means “Panther across the Sky”; he was named for a shooting star that appeared around the time of his birth. With other Shawnees in Ohio, he fought the advance of…
(Encyclopedia) Moses, Grandma (Anna Mary Robertson Moses), 1860–1961, American painter, b. Washington co., N.Y., self-taught. She lived the arduous life of a farm wife, first in the Shenandoah Valley…
The seven deadly sins are considered "deadly" because it is believed they can do terrible damage to the soul. The now-famous list does not appear in the Bible and may have been made by St. Gregory…
