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Please Almanac
 | Online version of the popular almanac which you can browse by
topic or search. Also includes the Random House Websters College
Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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Farmer's Almanac
| Covers astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts,
recipes, and gardening tips. |
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| World
Fact Book
| Covers many facts about the world in general and the countries
in the world. |
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| Fast
Facts
| An extensive listing of links to Web sites that provide factual
and statistical information, such as would be found in almanacs or
statistical abstracts. Resources listed here focus primarily on
the United States and Canada, but other areas of the world are
represented as well. |
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| The
50 States of the United States: Capital Cities and Information Links
| This site on the fifty states (and the U.S. commonwealths and
territories) has information such as: location (latitude and
longitude), birds, colleges and universities, constitutions,
flowers, genealogical resources, geological formations,
geographical features, mottos, national forests and parks,
newspapers, nicknames, nonprofit organizations, populations, state
and federal representatives, songs, and the date of entry into the
union. All facts are linked to over 1529 governmental or
authoritative webpages. |
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| Global
Statistics
| Almanac of world statistics. "There's a large collection of
data at this site, ranging from country profiles (provinces and
main cities) to the highest mountains in the world, to a list of
all countries in the world with their capitals, surface area and
population." |
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| The
Living Almanac of Disasters
| Almanac of famous or noteworthy fires, earthquakes, and
accidents (train wrecks, airplane crashes), organized by date. |
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