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Steve Wozniak

  Born: Aug. 11, 1950 Birthplace: San Jose, California   Microcomputer for use with video display—Wozniak is best known for inventing the first personal computer. In 1976, he cofounded…

How do I get diabetes?

There are two types of “sugar” diabetes. One is an inherited form that runs in families. It is called Type I or juvenile diabetes. In these children the pancreas stops making insulin. The…

Best-Selling Children's Books, 2005

Source: Publishers Weekly.HardcoverHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. RowlingThe Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events #12), Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Brett…

Denmark: Kings and Queens

Harold Bluetooth, king of Denmark (935–c. 985)Sweyn, king of Denmark (986–1014)Harthacanute, king of Denmark (1035–42) and of the English (1040–42)Canute the Saint, king (1080–86) and patron saint…

Top 10 Movies of 2011

This table lists the top-grossing movies of 2011. Harry Potter made the most money in the United States in 2011. Rank Title Total Gross 1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II…

Anatomy and
Physiology: Where It All Happens

Where It All HappensAnatomy and PhysiologyThe Excretory SystemWaterworksWhere It All HappensReabsorptionWhen You Gotta Go … Are you a coffee addict? I have to get up very early because the first…

Algebra: Climb Aboard the Coordinate Plane

Climb Aboard the Coordinate Plane Algebra Graphing Linear Equations Climb Aboard the Coordinate Plane Sketching Line Graphs It's a Slippery Slope Kinky Absolute Value Graphs Thanks to a fun-…

Warren Spahn

Born: Apr. 23, 1921Baseball LHP professional pitcher who was called into service in World War II with the U.S. army in 1942, shortly after he joined the Boston Braves. He returned to the Braves in…

Jimmy Smits

actorBorn: 7/9/1955Birthplace: New York City Emmy Award-winning television and film actor who played Hispanic lawyer Victor Sifuentes on L.A. Law (1985–91) and Bobby Simone on NYPD Blue (1995–1998…