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The NBA's Tallest Player

The Question: Who is the tallest person ever to have played in the NBA? The Answer: According to the NBA, Manute Bol and Gheorghe Muresan share that distinction…

The World's Tallest Church

The Question: What is the tallest church in the world? The Answer: According to Guinness World Records, the church with the tallest spire in…

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…

The Most Expensive Painting

The Question: I'm looking for the most expensive painting in the world. Who was it painted by and when? The Answer: According to Guinness World Records, the most valuable painting is the Mona…

Jarry, Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Jarry, AlfredJarry, Alfredälfrĕdˈ zhärēˈ [key], 1873–1907, French author. He was well known in Paris for his eccentric and dissolute behavior and for his insistence on the superiority…

Yellow Book

(Encyclopedia) Yellow Book, English illustrated quarterly published (1894–97) in book form in London. Henry Harland was literary editor, and Aubrey Beardsley, whose exotic and provocative drawings…

The Highest City in the World

The Question: Can you please tell me what the world's highest city is? The Answer: According to The Guinness Book of World Records, the highest town in the world…

Seth Merrill GATES, Congress, NY (1800-1877)

GATES, Seth Merrill, a Representative from New York; born in Winfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., October 10, 1800; moved with his parents to Sheldon, Genesee (now Wyoming) County, N.Y. in 1806;…

Best-Selling Books, 2006

Source: Publishers Weekly. Hardcover Fiction For One More Day, Mitch Albom Cross, James Patterson Dear John, Nicholas Sparks…

Tallest Building Demolished

The Question: What is the tallest building ever demolished? The Answer: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the tallest building demolished by…