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The Pawn Shop Symbol

The Question: What do the three balls on a pawn shop signify? The Answer: Pawnbrokers often joke that the three balls represent the motto "Two…

U.S. State Flags: Alabama – Louisiana

      Alabama – Louisiana Maine – Oklahoma Oregon – Wyoming   Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii…

St. Anselm

Born near the border between what are now Italy and France, Anselm entered the monastic school of Bec in Normandy in 1060. He eventually became the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1093, and is…

U.S. State Flags: Maine – Oklahoma

        Alabama – Louisiana Maine – Oklahoma Oregon – Wyoming     Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada…

French Academy

(Encyclopedia) French Academy (L'Académie française), learned society of France. It is one of the five societies of the Institut de France. The work of the French Academy has chiefly consisted of…

Alexandra Kosteniuk

Russian fashion model Alexandra Kosteniuk leads a double life as a chess champion, having won the 2008 Women's World Chess championship. In the top tiers of international chess competition since her…

Alfred E. Neuman

Alfred E. Neuman is the gap-toothed, goofy-grinned icon of MAD magazine, the humor and satire comics magazine created by Harvey Kurtzman and published by William M. Gaines in 1952. The genesis of…

The Devil's Dictionary: Mind

by Ambrose Bierce MILLENNIUMMINEMIND -n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the…