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Almanac.com - The Old Farmer's Almanac has been published ever since George Washington was president. This almanac gives the best time to plant crops, helps to determine the weather long in advance, and has lots of cool old sayings (these are called aphorisms ). People have used and enjoyed the Old Farmer's Almanac throughout history. Now, parts of this publication are available on the Internet. You can see weather predictions, read some old-timey quotes, and find a great history of the almanac. Whether you live on a farm or in a city high-rise apartment, you'll like this site.
CIA World Factbook - Did you know that Kenya (569,250 square kilometers) is twice the size of Nevada? Did you know that in Denmark four languages are spoken (Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, and German)? If you ever wanted to know facts like these about countries around the world, this is the place to look. You'll also find a section on oceans of the world. By the way, did you know that as of 1993 there were 215 million TV sets in the United States?
CNN.com - Almanac - Provides daily briefs of historical events, previews of currently developing stories, and links to related sites.
Farmers' Almanac Home Page - Welcome to the online version of one of America's oldest and most treasured publications. You'll find gardening tips, helpful hints, weather forecasts, and so much more! The 2001 Farmers' Almanac remains filled with entertaining short stories, good cooking, fun, facts, forecasts, timely household tips, calendars for fishing and of course gardening.
Information Please Kids' Almanac - This is great! We typed in "longest river" and up came a list starting with the Nile, about 4,180 miles in length. Then we tried typing "Michael Jordan birthday." BAM! He was born February 17, 1963. You can build your vocabulary with Word of the Day and find out whose birthday is celebrated today. Don't miss this site.
Kids' Almanac - Yahooligans! helps you understand the world around you with this very informative Kids' Almanac!
Political Reference Almanac - The Political Reference Almanac is dedicated to preserving the information available in the print version of the The Political Reference Almanac's 1999-2000 edition for free on-line use.
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