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98 Degrees Biography
98 Degreesa cappella boy band The quartet from Ohio got together after Jeff Timmons, who'd moved to LA to pursue a solo career, asked his former classmates from the Cincinnati School for…Roald Dahl Biography
Roald DahlBritish writerBorn: 9/13/1916Birthplace: Llandaff, Wales One of the most popular children's book authors of all time, Dahl began his career writing adult horror stories and magazine…Meteorites from Mars
Thirty-four meteorites, almost certainly from Mars, have been discovered as of May 2006. They are known as SNCs1 (named for the towns where the original 12 meteorites were found: Shergotty,…College Football
Cite Find past NCAA champions, NCAA poll results, bowl game final scores, Heisman winners, Hall of Fame inductees, and more…June 2022 Current Events: World News
Top of Page US News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the World…Amy Lowell: A Japanese Wood-Carving
A Japanese Wood-CarvingHigh up above the open, welcoming door It hangs, a piece of wood with colours dim. Once, long ago, it was a waving tree And knew the sun and shadow through the leaves…Robert Graves: Escape
Escape(August 6, 1916.—Officer previously reported died of wounds, now reported wounded: Graves, Captain R., Royal Welch Fusiliers.) ... But I was dead, an hour or more. I woke when I'd…Walt Whitman: France [the 18th Year of these States]
France [the 18th Year of these States]A great year and place A harsh discordant natal scream out-sounding, to touch the mother's heart closer than any yet.I walk'd the shores of my…Walt Whitman: Song of the Exposition, Part 9
Part 9And thou, the Emblem waving over all! Delicate beauty, a word to thee, (it may be salutary,) Remember thou hast not always been as here to-day so comfortably ensovereign'd, In other…July 2006 Disasters
July 9, Siberia, Russia: a Russian airline S7 Airbus A-310 slid off the end of the runway just after landing in Irkutsk, killing at least 122 people. Initial accounts indicate there may have…