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Manny Pacquiao

Name at birth: Emmanuel Dapidran PacquiaoKnown as “Pac Man” to his many fans, Manny Pacquiao is the world champion boxer, entertainer and politician who is a major public hero in his native…

2001 Recap

Lewis giveth and taketh away It was one swing that took Lennox Lewis' world heavyweight championship belts in an April meeting with unheralded Baltimore puncher Hasim Rahman. And it was one punch…

Thanksgiving by the Numbers

Find out how many turkeys are raised for Thanksgiving, how many pounds of potatoes Americans consume around the holiday, and how many pies will be produced by U.S. Census Bureau Related Links…

Luke: 19

Luke Chapter 19 1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. 3 And…

Apocrypha

(Encyclopedia) ApocryphaApocryphaəpŏkˈrĭfə [key] [Gr.,=hidden things], term signifying a collection of early Jewish writings excluded from the canon of the Hebrew scriptures. It is not clear why the…

Darius I

(Encyclopedia) Darius I (Darius the Great)Darius Idərīˈəs [key], d. 486 b.c., king of ancient Persia (521–486 b.c.), called also Dariavaush and Darius Hystaspis (after his father, Hystaspes or…

Capacities or Volumes

See the Infoplease.com conversion calculator 1 angstrom1 (light wave measurement) 0.1 nanometer 0.000 000 1 millimeter 0.000 000 004 inch 1 cable's length 120 fathoms 720 feet…