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Frequently Asked Questions: Animals

// Cite /**/ Frequently Asked Questions Animals Where can I find out all about an animal or insect (e.g. polar bear, dragonfly, kangaroo, blue whale)? What do you call a group of…

Reading Arabic

The Question: In what direction is Arabic read? The Answer: Like most Semitic languages, Arabic is read from right to left. (Languages…

Johannes Gutenberg

Name at birth: Johann GensfleischJohannes Gutenberg is generally credited with the creation of movable type printing -- the process that made it possible to publish many copies of a single work at…

William Moon

A childhood bout with scarlet fever caused William Moon's eyesight to slowly deteriorate, so that by the age of 21 he was completely blind. He educated blind children with various systems of reading…

Writing Well: Light at the End of the Tunnel

Light at the End of the TunnelWriting WellIn the End ZoneCredit Given HereStop, Thief!Light at the End of the Tunnel You're almost there, partner. Just a few more matters to attend to and you'll be…

Diamond Grading

The Question: I would like to know how diamonds are graded? The Answer: Diamonds with a color between colorless and yellow receive a letter…

Alexander Graham Bell

Name at birth: Alexander BellAlexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, simple as that. Born and educated in Scotland, he was the son of Alexander Melville Bell, who was the inventor of "visible…