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Feb 19 2008
Internet savvy people know that a boolean search allows users to widen or narrow their internet search by combining or excluding words by including terms such as “AND”, “NOT” and “OR” in their search criteria.  What many may not know is how the search method got such a funny sounding name. George Boole was a 19th [...]
Nov 28 2007
Where did this phrase come from? “Great Taste Since 1905″ is actually the slogan for RC Cola.
If you’re a puzzler, this can come in handy, because the phrase “Great Taste Since 1905″ has been a clue for more than one crossword puzzle (answer = RCCOLA) including a recent October New York Times crossword.
Nov 25 2007
Pomona is located in Claremont, California.
Pomona College is regarded as one of the premier liberal arts colleges in America and was established in 1887.
This was a clue in a recent NYTimes Crossword.
Nov 24 2007
The Abscissa is the x-coordinate.Â
In the cartesian coordinate system in mathematics, the two coordinates are specified by two perpendicular directed lines (the x-axis or abscissa, and the y-axis or ordinate), as well as the unit length, which is marked off on the two axes.
“Abscissa” was the clue in an October 2007 NYTimes Crossword puzzle.
Nov 23 2007
TV series whose finale was titled “The Truth,” with “The”: “X-Files.”
In this last episode of “The X-Files,” Doggett and Skinner help Mulder escape from his military prison after he is found guilty of murdering super soldier Knowle Rohrer. Mulder and Scully then seek out what “The Truth” is and if his working on the X-Files [...]
If you remember a few months ago, we answered a question on “where do wolves live.” That answer led to more questions about the life of wolves and we thought we would answer one of those questions today. If you do have more questions about wolves, feel free to email us your question or to [...]
If you are looking for a specific breed for the dog Laika, you won’t find one. For those of you who are aware of the dog, you’ll know that she was the first living creature to be sent into space aboard the Russian spacecraft Sputnik 2. The momentous flight was launched November 3, 1957 with [...]
Growing up in British Columbia, I always had an interest in Haida art and that spark was nurtured during a school visit to the UBC Museum where I saw many different examples of Haida art that was absolutely breathtaking. For me, that art represented what it meant to be from the Northwest coast and there [...]
Although it is often a big mystery as to what an antioxidant is specifically, it may be surprising to know that we consume antioxidants in many of the foods that we eat, especially if we are following a balanced diet.
With this knowledge, it is important to understand that antioxidants are vitamins, phytochemicals and some nutrients [...]
If you have even been a child, you have probably held a snail in your hand as you tried to figure out if there was some way to smuggle the snail into your house without your mom finding out. I know I did and I loved the designs that I could find on the shells [...]