infoplease - Daily Almanac Collected Daily Feeds from Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/daily en-us Copyright 2012 Pearson Education editor@infoplease.com webmaster@infoplease.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:05:00 GMT infoplease - Daily Almanac http://img.infoplease.com/images/04ip_logo113x20.gif 113 20 http://www.infoplease.com/daily This Day in History: Mandela finally freed http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/Feb-11 Daily Word Quiz: soigné http://www.infoplease.com/wordoftheday?month=Feb&day=11 Today's Birthday: Thomas Edison http://www.infoplease.com/birthday?month=Feb&day=11 Today's Weather Fact: Giant East Coast blizzard http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/weather?month=Feb&day=11 Did you know: The state of Louisiana was named in honor of Louis XIV of France. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.html Who said: We all know how the size of sums of money appears to vary in a remarkable way according as they are being paid in or paid out. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0824651.html Top Ten List: The Electoral College http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/electoralvotes.html Link of the Day: Cell Phone Subscribers in the U.S. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0933563.html Today's Featured Article: Valentine's Day http://www.infoplease.com/spot/valentines-day.html