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Record-Breaking Foods

Check out these food record breakers.Most Noodle Strings: Simon Sang Koon Sung of Singapore really knows how to use his noodle. He made 8,192 strings of noodles from a single lump of dough in 59.29…

Wars: Civil War

Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Wars U.S. Civil War Civil War Photographs and Timeline American Civil War Homepage Causes of the Civil War: Documents…

Kirchner, Leon

(Encyclopedia) Kirchner, Leon, 1919–2009, American composer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Kirchner studied at the Univ. of California, Berkeley, with Ernest Bloch, Arnold Schoenberg, and Roger Sessions.…

Colet, John

(Encyclopedia) Colet, JohnColet, Johnkŏˈlĭt [key], 1467?–1519, English humanist and theologian. While studying on the Continent (1493–96), Colet became interested in classical scholarship and in…

Campaign 2008

    Election history and statistics, candidates, and party politics     Presidential Nominees      Democratic…

Kids from China

Continent: East AsiaClimate: Varies dramatically, from cold and dry in the north to steamy in the south School: Most schools in China run from about 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., including a two-hour…

Women in Aviation

In 1953 Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier. She was the founder of the WASPs (Women's Airforce Service Pilots), a female military organization established during…

Olympics Fun Facts

The early Olympic Games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776 B.C. until 393 A.D., when the games were banned for being a pagan festival (the Olympics celebrated the Greek god Zeus). In…

sepal

(Encyclopedia) sepal, a modified leaf, part of the outermost of the four groups of flower parts. The sepals of a flower are collectively called the calyx and act as a protective covering of the inner…

Boulanger, Nadia

(Encyclopedia) Boulanger, NadiaBoulanger, Nadianädyäˈ [key]Boulanger, Nadia b&oomacr;läNzhāˈ [key], 1887–1979, French conductor and musician, b. Paris. Boulanger was considered an outstanding…