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by Ambrose Bierce MORALMOUSEMORE -adj. The comparative degree of too much.The Deepest Lake in the World
The Question: What is the deepest lake-man-made or natural-in the world? The Answer: The deepest lake in the world is Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. It is a natural lake that is 5,712 feet (1…Does the virus spread easily from birds to humans?
Does the virus spread easily from birds to humans? No. Though more than 100 human cases have occurred in the current outbreak, this is a small number compared with the huge number of birds…Computers in Public Schools
The Question: How many computers are there in public schools now as compared to 10 years ago? The Answer: During the 1984-85 school year, there…Geology of the Grand Canyon: Corrasion.
WEATHERING.CORRASION.Mr. G. K. Gilbert has embodied in his admirable monograph on the Henry Mountains, a chapter on Land Sculpture, which sets forth in most logical and condensed from the…A Pill with a Purpose
A team of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology, led by S. George Djorgovski, may have glimpsed the dawn of our universe. In Aug. 2001, this team reported that it had spotted the “…Silvio Berlusconi, 2003 News
Italian prime minister, created a diplomatic furor on the day he became president of the European Union (a rotating position) when he compared a German legislator to a Nazi concentration-…Verdi — Kirov Opera <br/><span class="rm" >Valery Gergiev conducting</span>
La Forza del DestinoPhilips Though Gergiev and co. have a long-held niche for Russian opera, they've broken out in this recording of the infrequently heard 1862 original version of Verdi's…Ralph Waldo Emerson: Insight
InsightPower that by obedience grows, Knowledge which its source not knows, Wave which severs whom it bears From the things which he compares, Adding wings through things to range, To his own…The Devil's Dictionary: Politician
by Ambrose Bierce POLITICSPOLYGAMYPOLITICIAN -n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When we wriggles he mistakes the agitation of…Trending
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