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️Sun Aug 24 2003

Miscellaneous

Answer of the Day:

Something special about today

Examples: Trojan horse: fact or fiction?, fingerprinting, Why are London's police called "bobbies"?,

AnswerNotes:

Miscellaneous terms and names

Examples: nachas, monkeypox, Jackie Chan,

Answers.com Guides:

Practical, useful and detailed info

Examples: Finding Cheap Flights, How to Use File Recovery Software, Comparing Mortgages,

Answers.com Info:

The Answers.com Reference Book contains information about Answers.com, its internal features and key players

Examples: Mark Tebbe, Robert Rosenschein, AnswerBar,

Biographies:

Information on people who have contributed to culture and society

Examples: Captain Jack, Ja Ja of Opobo, Anaximander,

Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:

A concise version of Encyclopedia Britannica

Examples: solar nebula, Church of Scientology, Ark of the Covenant,

Columbia Encyclopedia:

General reference, with places, events, historical facts, people and terms

Examples: Southeast Asian languages, phalanger, Cohoes,

Columbia Encyclopedia - People:

Encyclopedia entries for famous people in history

Examples: Chaim Soutine, Plato, Abbott and Costello,

Data Sources:

Answers.com content

Examples: Movie, Accounting Terms,

Days of the Year:

Examples: June 6, February 14, January 1,

Dictionary - People:

Dictionary entries for famous people

Examples: Anaya Rudolfo, Aaron, Harvey Fierstein,

Dream Encyclopedia:

The meaning and importance of dreams in religion and culture

Examples: Abraham, Adaptive Theory, Aesculapius,

Dream Symbols:

A dictionary of interpretations of dream components

Examples: Bachelor, Abbey, Church,

Experts' Bios:

Examples: Shelly Shum, Phil Dotree, John Coon,

Fast Facts:

Interesting trivia

Examples: Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird,

How?:

How stuff works

Examples: Cell Phones, Ballpoint Pens, Air Bags,

Oxford Articles:

A miscellany of information from Oxford University Press

Examples: Kajiyama Toshio, Daedalus and Icarus, Babbage-Chambers paradox,

Q&A; for Kids:

Help is at hand in answering those endless questions that kids ask.

Examples: What is air?, Why do helium-filled balloons float up in the air?, What makes the wind blow?,

Tips:

Tips for using Answers.com

Examples: picture, weather, name,

Today's Highlights Archive:

The daily archive of the Today's Highlights

Examples: 2003-08-24, 2004-12-25, 2006-02-08,

User Contributions:

Different contributions from our users

Examples: developmental journalism, Mind Mapping, autocephalous,

Vampires:

A complete guide to the bloodsucking creatures of the night

Examples: Sabbat, Hawthorn, Bela Lugosi,

Who2 Biographies:

Short bios of the famous and the infamous

Examples: Elvis Presley, Katharine Graham, Dante Alighieri,

Wikipedia:

User driven encyclopedia

Examples: Immaculate Reception, Apollo 12, Plymouth Colony,