Brazil’s most popular and festive holiday is Carnival. In fact, many people consider Carnival one of the world’s biggest celebrations. Each spring, on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday, the…
The Question:
How much food does an elephant typically eat in one day?
The Answer:
Most elephants in the wild will eat between 300 and 500 pounds of vegetation and drink 50 gallons of water…
PolyhedraGeometryThe Next Dimension: Surfaces and SolidsPrismsPyramidsCylinders and ConesPolyhedraSpheresPlatonic Solids A polyhedron is a three-dimensional version of a polygon. Recall that a…
(Encyclopedia) vaudevillevaudevillevôdˈvĭl [key], originally a light song, derived from the drinking and love songs formerly attributed to Olivier Basselin and called Vau, or Vaux, de Vire. Similar…
(Philip Andre Rourke, Jr.)actorBorn: 9/16/1956Birthplace: Schenectady, New York The poor Miami neighborhood where Rourke was raised helped craft his tough looks and demeanor. His intensity was…
director, producer, screenwriterBorn: 2/22/1944Birthplace: Baldwin, New York Having entered into feature-film making in the early 1970s, he is noted for the fast-paced, edgy style of some of his…
(Jonathan Weiss)actorBorn: 9/08/1981Birthplace: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Before winning a role on the television series Home Improvement (1991–1998), Thomas worked as a model and appeared in The…
rock musicianBorn: 9/29/1935Birthplace: Ferriday, Louisiana Rock musician, often presented as the dark, wild side of Elvis Presley, known for his flamboyant, slamming piano playing and…
writerDied: Oct. 2, 2007 (Manhattan, New York) Best Known as: architecture critic for the New York Times Well-known architecture critic and writer for the New…
Born: Apr. 15, 1875Boxer world heavyweight champion (1899-1905); retired undefeated but came back to fight Jack Johnson in 1910 and lost (KO, 15th). Died: Mar. 3, 1953
