Continent: Western AfricaClimate: Hot—averaging around 90 degrees in much of the nation. Nigeria has two seasons, the rainy season and the dry season. Each lasts about half the year.School: The…
Continent: Southeastern AsiaClimate: Tropical. Monsoon season runs from May to November School: Only about 45% of Cambodian kids finish elementary school. The figure is much lower for children who…
(Encyclopedia) soap plant, any of various plants having cleansing properties. A few are of commercial importance, but most soap plants are used locally, as in early times, for toilet and laundry…
Interview: Peter Westbrook A 20-year Olympian reflects on changes to the Games by John Gettings Olympic medallist Peter Westbrook (left) celebrates a winning match. (Source:Peter Westbrook)…
People have lived in the world for millions of years. Today, 6.3 billion people live on the earth.The world's population grows by 100 million each year. Some 950 million people in the world are…
actressBorn: 8/17/1893Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Stage and film actress who was the queen of double entendre and exaggerated, humorous sexiness. Her films include She Done Him Wrong (1933) and…
(Encyclopedia) jaçanajaçanajəkănˈə, jəkänˈə [key], common name for members of the Jacanidae, a family of tropical and subtropical wading birds. Jaçanas, also called lily-trotters and lotus-birds,…
(Encyclopedia) Launcelot, SirLauncelot, Sirlănˈsəlŏtˌ, lŏnˈ–, lônˈ– [key], in Arthurian legend, bravest and most celebrated knight at the court of King Arthur. He was kidnapped as an infant by the…
(Encyclopedia) Taylor, Elizabeth, 1912–1975, English novelist and short-story writer. Born Elizabeth Coles, she married John Taylor in 1936. She wrote a dozen novels and numerous short stories. In…
Ancient Persia: KingsCambyses, two kings of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia (c. 600–500 B.C.)Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, founder of the greatness of the Achaemenids and of the Persian Empire…
