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Animal Hall of Fame

Biggest Land mammal: African elephants weigh up to 14,000 pounds and can eat as much as 600 pounds of food a day! Their trunks contain as many as 100,000 different muscles. Marine mammal: The blue…

Teens' Favorite Funny Books

Teen readers across the country vote for the best from the American Library Association Thwonk by Joan Bauer Related Links Teen Read Week from the ALA…

The Simpsons: Notable Celebrity Cameos

Famous people who've joined The Simpsons by Chris Warner The Simpsons currently holds the Guinness World Record for "Most Celebrities Featured in an Animation series." Season One–1989…

Movies and Film: Development: Birth of a Notion

Development: Birth of a NotionMovies and FilmHow a Film is MadeDevelopment: Birth of a NotionPreproductionThe Big ProductionPostproductionSome Films Worth Viewing Development includes all stages…

St. Lucia

On December 13, one of the longest and darkest nights of the winter, Swedes celebrate the festival of St. Lucia, the patron saint of light. In many homes, a girl gets up early in the morning and…

Herman Affel

Born: 1893 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Coaxial cable—While at AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1929, Affel and…

Lloyd Espenschied

Born: 1889 Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri Coaxial cable—While at AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1929, Affel and…

Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

Recent studies provide conflicting results and leave cell phone users hanging By Jennie Wood Related Links Top 10 Lowest Radiation Cell Phones…

Algebra: Dividing Polynomials

Dividing Polynomials Algebra Introducing Polynomials Classifying Polynomials Adding and Subtracting Polynomials Multiplying Polynomials Dividing Polynomials There are two techniques you can…

The Seven Wonders of the Modern World

People have put together many lists of the seven ancient wonders of the world. But this “seven wonders” list celebrates monumental engineering and construction feats of the 20th century. It was…