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American History Companion: Reader's Guide to American History	Quakers, Ray Kroc, more »
Answers Corporation: The Answers Corporation Reference Book contains information about Answers Corp	AnswerBar, Robert Rosenschein, Mark Tebbe, more »
AnswerNotes: Miscellaneous terms and names	Jackie Chan, monkeypox, nachas, more »
Antonyms: Dictionary of antonyms	daydream, malevolent, oblivion, more »
Archaeology Dictionary: Essential vocabulary for archaeological work	Beaker culture, molluscan analysis, Troy, more »
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: A concise version of Encyclopedia Britannica	Ark of the Covenant, Church of Scientology, solar nebula, more »
British History: The domestic and military history of Britain from 55 BCE until the present	Alnwick Castle, Royal Naval Air Service, Botany Bay, more »
Columbia Encyclopedia: General reference, with places, events, historical facts, people and terms	Cohoes, phalanger, Southeast Asian languages, more »
Data Sources: Answers Corp. content	Encyclopedia of Surgery, Accounting Terms, Movie, more »
Data Sources by Category: Data Sources by category, by Answers Corp.	Arts, Food, Places, more »
Days of the Year: Days of the Year, by Answers Corp.	January 1, February 14, June 6, more »
Devil's Dictionary: Quaint dictionary by Ambrose Bierce	future, love, passport, more »
Education Encyclopedia: A view of the institutions, people, processes, roles, and philosophies found in educational practice	Myles Horton, Literacy and Reading, Master's Degree, more »
Fast Facts: Interesting trivia	Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, more »
History 1450-1789: Major events, developments and personalities of European history, 1450 to 1789	Spanish Armada, Marguerite De Navarre, Books of Secrets, more »
History Dictionary: People, places and events in history	damn the torpedoes, Montezuma, Rwandan Genocide, more »
How?: How stuff works	Air Bags, Ballpoint Pens, Cell Phones, more »
Intelligence & Security Encyclopedia: A modern encyclopedia offering immediate value by emphasizing matters of espionage, intelligence, and security most frequently in the news	Al-Qaeda (Also Known as Al-Qaida), Genetic Technology, Remote Sensing, more »
Mideast & N. Africa Encyclopedia: The Middle East and North Africa from 1800 to the present	Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan, Algerian War of Independence, Black September, more »
News: Current events topics	Bird Flu, 2006 Winter Olympics, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., more »
Occultism & Parapsychology Encyclopedia: A comprehensive coverage of the fields of occultism and parapsychology	Abraxas, David Phelps Abbott, Extrasensory Perception, more »
Philosophy Dictionary: Philosophy and philosophers from antiquity to the present	Truth function, Concept and object, many-valued logic, more »
Popular Searches Archive: Top searches for each week	Week of May 7, 2005, Week of June 18, 2005, Week of July 23, 2005, more »
Russian History Encyclopedia: The first English encyclopedia to cover the entirety of Russian history	Alexander I, Ballet, Futurism, more »
Spotlight of the Day: Answers.com Spotlight of the Day	give me liberty or give me death, J.K. Rowling, The Wall Street Journal, more »
Tips: How to find what you're looking for in Answers.com	picture, name, weather, more »
Today's Highlights Archive: The daily archive of the Today's Highlights	2006-02-08, 2004-12-25, 2003-08-24, more »
US Foreign Policy Encyclopedia: Concepts, themes, large ideas, significant movements, and distinctive policies in the history of American foreign relations	African Americans, Department of Defense, more »
US History Encyclopedia: More than 4000 facts, events, trends, and policies of American history	Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Deaf in America, Wal-Mart, more »
User Contributions: Different contributions from our users	autocephalous, Mind Mapping, developmental journalism, more »
WikiAnswers: Questions and Answers	When dating is beauty really in the eyes of the beholder?, When do babies cut their first teeth?, more »
Wikipedia: User driven encyclopedia	Plymouth Colony, Apollo 12, Immaculate Reception, more »
World Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present	Antiquity, Prehistory, 1001, more »

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