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Physiology: Don't Be So Touchy!

Don't Be So Touchy!Anatomy and PhysiologyThe SensesWindows to the SoulCan You Hear Me Now?The Nose KnowsDon't Be So Touchy! If you are still troubled by the idea of seven senses, how about this…

2007 Current Events

Here are the key news events of the year organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. January…

2007 Current Events

Here are the key news events of the year organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. January…

Lauren Bacall

(Betty Joan Perske)actressBorn: 9/16/1924Birthplace: New York City She began her career as a model, gracing the cover of Harper's Bazaar at age 19, before moving on to acting. She landed a starring…

Eliphalet Remington

gun manufacturerBorn: 10/28/1793Birthplace: Suffield, Conn. With his father, he founded a smithy in upstate New York originally to manufacture farming tools. In 1816, Remington introduced a highly…

Sarah Breedlove Walker

(Madame C. J. Walker)businesswoman, philanthropistBorn: 12/23/1867Birthplace: Delta, La. After a series of bereavements that left her orphaned at 6 and widowed at 20, she and her daughter A'Lelia…

Lil' Kim

Kimberly Jonesrap musicianBorn: 7/11/1975Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York A native of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Lil' Kim was thrown out of the house by her father as a teen. She lived with friends and…

Richard Louis MURPHY, Congress, IA (1875-1936)

Senate Years of Service: 1933-1936Party: DemocratMURPHY, Richard Louis, a Senator from Iowa; born in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, November 6, 1875; attended the public schools of Dubuque;…

John Stephen MONAGAN, Congress, CT (1911-2005)

MONAGAN, John Stephen, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., December 23, 1911; attended Driggs, St. Mary’s and Crosby high schools in Waterbury;…

World's First Skyjacking

The Question: When did the first case of hijacking occur? The Answer: We assume you're wondering about airplanes. In that case, the more…