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101 Places to Find Your Answers Online – The Best Reference Guide

Although Google, MSN, and Yahoo, etc., are capable of giving good search results, sometimes we may not get the specific information we are looking for. This is the best reference guide to help you get all the answers you need..

59 comments    advice internet education
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Interesting and Little Known Facts about J.R.R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is one of fantasy's most well-known authors, now even more so ever since New Zealand native Peter Jackson took on the deliberately faithful direction of Tolkien's famous "Lord of the...

10 comments    arts lord of the rings tolkien
The Oldest Known Palindrome, at 100 AD77

All About Palindromes

Want to see some insane words? These palindromes will make your head spin trying to pronounce them!!

0 comments    finnish palindrome palindromes
Here is a newer version of one of mine. Nowadays they have the battery life up to around 10 hours.62

I Almost Had to Rename My Netbook

Starting in late 2007 a company called ASUS released a tiny 7 inch computer. It used a Linux operating system and was "cute" and a novelty, but it was not very useful. I say this from experience because I own...

2 comments    windows netbook netbooks
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Women Carrying Condoms: Slutty or Smart?

  Before I hop right into my argument, I would like to set up a nice jumping base. Being a logic-lover at heart, I want to start with something solid. In this case, that would be a definition from my...

3 comments    relationships women sex
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Tips to promote your hubs and increase your earnings

    While getting a new google adsense account or a similar affiliate program account, one would probably think of getting more money in less time than doing justice to one's skill of writing. You may try...

9 comments    business advice how to
Tongue Twisters68

What's the Good Word: Some Tongue Twisters

While reading a feature in the newspaper (Times Of India) today, I came upon a rather strange word. One of the readers wanted the meaning of the word "STAYCATION". The word is a combination of two words, STAY...

14 comments    fun humor funny
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Wacky Headlines

After several very heavy-handed blog posts, I thought I give you something a little more upbeat and fun: headlines. Most notably, funny, weird or strange headlines. We see them every day and because they are...

0 comments    entertainment fun humor
My Kindle(shown here with a leather cover and book lite from Amazon.com) is one of my favorite possessions!42

My Amazon Kindle

My Kindle(shown here with a leather cover and book lite from Amazon.com) is one of my favorite possessions!                             There are countless reasons to love...

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Help rewrite the Oxford English Dictionary

One of the oldest and best known dictionaries of the English language is the Oxford English Dictionary. The first edition of this dictionary was published in 1756. It took the famous Dr. Samuel Johnson, ...

1 comment    education language english
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