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Leap Year Explained (Why Are There Leap Years)

Photo Source: iStock Leap year is an interesting phenomenon, but it helps to explain what happens to the extra quarter of a day each calendar year. Read on for more information on why leap year…

The Summer Solstice Meaning

Have you ever heard of Midsummer? Not only was this portion of the year memorialized by William Shakespeare in his seminal work, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", but it has long been an important time…

Calendar and Holidays

Cultures throughout history have devised many ways of tracking time, from ancient China to Mesoamerica.By some estimates, humans have been tracking the seasons and the movements of the stars for more…

Conversion Calculator

  LENGTH/DISTANCE common units: inches, meters, miles, and more metric units: centimeters, meters, kilometers, and…

Homework Facts: Science

Science Animals | Computers | Astronomy | Weather | Space | Science & Technology Animals Classifying Animals Vertebrates and Invertebrates Hibernation and Aestivation Parasites,…

Qatar Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures

Qatar, officially known as the State of Qatar, is a small country situated in the Middle East, on a peninsula fringed by the Persian Gulf.The state of Qatar is situated on the Qatar Peninsula,…

Math & Science Features

Recent Features Biography | Business | Entertainment | Health & Science | History & Gov't | Society & Culture | Sports | United States | World Jump to: A…

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Infoplease's most viewed pages Current Events Lebanon timeline Iraq timeline Al-Qaeda Current Events Month by Month People in the News Recent Deaths World Countries of the World How…

School Years around the World

From Australia to South Korea Related Links Back to School Center World Atlas Education Somewhere in the world, right now, students are hard at work in school. With over 190 nations spanning the…

Homework Center: World

Subjects » Geography » History » Language Arts » Mathematics » Science » Social Studies Homework Skills Writing | Research Speaking & Listening Studying Reference Sources…