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Fall Film Preview - Babe: Pig in the City

  Edward Furlong in John Waters' Pecker But don't look for any modern cowboys this fall. They've been replaced, for the most part, by an assortment of amiable kooks and wide…

Homework Helper: Study Skills

 Study Skills Ten Tips for Taking Tests Read the instructions carefully. Never assume you will know what they will say! Ask the teacher if you are unsure about anything.Read the entire…

Why do we throw up?

We throw up when our stomach is irritated or overfilled. Some people throw up because their stomachs don’t pass food easily and food flows backwards into the esophagus. But most people throw up…

Ann Meyers

Born: Mar. 26, 1955Basketball G In 1974, became first high school student to play for U.S. national team; 4-time All-American at UCLA (1976-79); member of 1976 U.S. Olympic team; Broderick Award…

The History of the ATM

The Question: Can you tell me who invented the ATM and when? The Answer: Don Wetzel is credited with inventing the Automated Teller Machine in the late 1960's, while working for a company in…

Metric Holdouts

The Question: Which countries in the world don't use the metric system? The Answer: The only remaining nonmetric countries in the world are the…

Sounds Like Shakespeare, But Is It?

The Question: I have heard the phrase attributed to Shakespeare, "Of all the flowers/the rose is the best/" but I don't know where it comes from…

Science Questions

What causes a rainbow? A rainbow in Indiana, Oct. 2015. Source: AP Photo/Michael Conroy Although light looks colorless, it’s made up of many colors-red, orange, yellow, green, blue,…