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Cosmic Dust and Snotties: Recent Discoveries

In 1998 we have seen several notable and surprising scientific discoveries. Here are the finds that raised our eyebrows, made us scratch our heads, and occasionally grossed us out. Slimy Cave…

Michael Gambon

Sir Michael Gambon was the Irish-British actor whose long career stretched from doing Shakespeare with Sir Laurence Olivier at the Royal National Theater in the 1960s to playing the good-guy wizard…

October Current Events 2023: Disaster News

Top of Page World News | U.S. News | Science & Technology News | Current Events This Week The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you…

Brewer's: Doolin

of Mayence. The hero of a French romance of chivalry, and the father of Ogier the Dane. Doolin's Sword. Merveilleuse (wonderful). (See Sword.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E…

Brewer's: Doomsday Sedgwick

William Sedgwick, a fanatical prophet and preacher during the Commonwealth. He pretended to have had it revealed to him in a vision that doomsday was at hand; and, going to the house of…

Growing Pains of the Chosen Boy Wizard

Harry Potter Grows Up by Dana Quigley More on Harry Potter Take the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Movie Quiz Take the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Book vs.…

The Illiad: The Death of Hector.

The Battle in the River Scamander. Funeral Games in Honour of Patroclus. The Death of Hector. The Trojans being safe within the walls, Hector only stays to oppose Achilles. Priam is…

Chauncey Judd: Wooster's Well

David Wooster's Search for the Fugitives Wooster's Well Meanwhile, how passed the time with their prisoner in his place of confinement? Let our young readers imagine it, for it is…

A Guide to Middle-earth

Important locations in the history of Middle-earth Related Links Middle-earth Timeline J. R. R. Tolkien Who's Who in Middle-earth Interactive Middle-earth map Ency. of Arda:…