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#1 - Commonly misspelled words - Commonly confused words - This is a compilation of some of the most frequently misspelled, commonly confused and easily misused words in the English language.

#2 - Measurements, Weights, Temperatures, Wind Chill - This page offers an extensive list of measurement equivalents, wind chill charts (in both Fahrenheit and Celsius), cooking measurements and equivalents, conversion charts for most measurements, and weights, and much more.

#3 - Postal Service state abbreviations/U.S. Postage rates - This popular page offers current U.S. Postal Service postage rates, and U.S.P.S. two-letter state abbreviations.

#4 - U.S. Mail - UPS - FedEx holidays - Mailing and shipping holidays for the most popular U.S. carriers are covered on this page.

#5 - U.S. Presidents in chronological order with their respective Vice Presidents - A complete list of U.S. Presidents with each President of the United States appearing numerically along with the years they served in office and their respective Vice Presidents.

#6 - Unusual, bizarre or humorous names of towns in the U.S. - This fun and informative page offers some of the most unusual, bizarre or humorous names of towns in the United States. We Hopeulikit. No, that's not a misspelling, it's the actual name of a town in Georgia.

#7 - Encyclopædia Britannica© - errors - A sampling of errors contained in various editions of the Encyclop�dia Britannica� or the Encyclop�dia Britannica Almanac (also spelled Encyclopaedia Britannica or Encyclopedia Britannica).

#8 - U.S. Time Zones and Area Codes - This page offers a helpful color map of the United States which shows time zones, area codes and offers examples of U.S. cities and towns in different U.S. time zones.

#9 - The Artificial Heart - Features common misconceptions regarding the invention of the artificial heart.

#10 - Errors found in other miscellaneous reference books - A sampling of errors found in various miscellaneous reference books.

#11 - World Almanac and Book of Facts - errors - A sampling of errors contained in various editions of the World Almanac and Book of Facts.

#12 - Roman Numerals - Is an extensive guide to the Roman system of numeration and offers Roman numerals and their Arabic numeral equivalents listed chronologically.

#13 - Errors contained in reference books - Our index of links to errors contained in various reference books.

#14 - Grolier Encyclopedia - errors - A sampling of errors contained in various editions of the Grolier Encyclopedia and the Grolier Encyclopedia Annual.

#15 - U.S. Postal Service Rate Increases and Proposed Changes - This page highlights all the latest proposed changes to U.S. postage rates, USPS fees and service charge increases. You'll find all the details on increases to U.S. mailing rates that are coming, or have been proposed.



Biographical profiles


#1 - President Gerald Ford - 38th President of the United States

#2 - Saddam Hussein - Iraqi dictator, war criminal, President of Iraq

#3 - Charles Manson - Notorious criminal who masterminded the Tate-LaBianca murders

#4 - Jim Bakker - Controversial TV evangelist who founded PTL

#5 - Clyde Barrow - Notorious outlaw, bank robber and murderer

#6 - Carole Landis - Actress whose suicide caused a sensation in Hollywood

#7 - Herve Villechaize - Actor who portrayed Tattoo on TV's Fantasy Island

#8 - Vivian Vance - Actress who portrayed Ethel Mertz on TV's I Love Lucy

#9 - Jeffrey Dahmer - Infamous American serial killer

#10 - Jessica Savitch - NBC News journalist

#11 - Betty Ford - Former First Lady of the United States

#12 - President George Bush - 41st President of the United States

#13 - Jim Jones - Controversial People's Temple founder

#14 - Hume Cronyn - Multi-Emmy and Tony award-winning actor

#15 - Sharon Tate - Actress who was brutally murdered by Charles Manson's followers

#16 - Jimmy Hoffa - Controversial labor leader/President of the Teamsters union

#17 - Billie Holiday - Jazz singer

#18 - Kemmons Wilson - Businessman and lodging pioneer who founded Holiday Inn Hotels

#19 - Bonnie Parker - Notorious outlaw and bank robber of Bonnie and Clyde fame

#20 - Harry Chapin - Multi-award-winning singer of Cat's in the Cradle fame

#21 - Governor Thomas Dewey - American politician

#22 - Hugh MacDiarmid - Writer/journalist/poet

#23 - J. Madison Wright - Actress of TV's Earth 2 fame

#24 - Truman Capote - Writer of Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood fame

#25 - Barbara Bush - Former First Lady of the United States

#26 - Orville Wright - Aviation pioneer

#27 - Farrah Fawcett - Actress of TV's Charlie's Angels fame

#28 - James Henry Moser - Multi-award-winning American artist

#29 - John Hamilton Reynolds - English poet and "friend of Keats."

#30 - Eldridge Cleaver - American civil rights activist with the Black Panthers

#31 - Audrey Hepburn - Academy, Tony, Grammy and Emmy award-winning actress

#32 - Admiral Mike Boorda - American military leader

#33 - John W. Foster - American politician, diplomat, journalist, and U.S. Secretary of State

#34 - W.C. Fields - Actor/Writer/Comedian

#35 - Wilbur Wright - Aviation pioneer

#36 - James Gould Cozzens - Pulitzer Prize-winning writer

#37 - Betsy Ross - Seamstress reputed to have made the first American flag

#38 - Mamie Eisenhower - Former First Lady of the United States

#39 - General H. Norman Schwarzkopf - American military leader

#40 - Ned Harrigan - Playwright/actor/producer/singer/lyricist/comedian

#41 - Myrna Loy - Actress of The Thin Man fame

#42 - Katharine Hepburn - Multi-Academy Award-winning actress

#43 - Al Jolson - Singer/Actor of The Jazz Singer fame

#44 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower - 34th President of the United States

#45 - Jean Stafford - Pulitzer Prize-winning author

#46 - Ethel Merman - Multi-Tony award-winning actress/singer

#47 - George Takei - Actor who portrayed Sulu on TV's Star Trek

#48 - Dirk Benedict - Actor of TV's Battlestar Galactica and The A-Team fame

#49 - Arthur Miller - Pulitzer Prize, multi-Tony and multi-Emmy award-winning writer

#50 - Jerry Stiller - Actor/Comedian

#51 - H.B. Reese - Businessman/Inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

#52 - John Gotti - Criminal/Mobster who headed the Gambino crime family

#53 - Michael David Morrison - Actor who played Caleb Snyder on TV�s As the World Turns

#54 - Dru Sjodin - Murder victim for whom The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Registry is named.

#55 - Theodore Bikel - Actor/singer

#56 - Senator Glen Taylor - U.S. Senator/actor/singer/radio personality

#57 - John Davidson - Scottish poet of Ballads and Songs and Fleet Street Eclogues fame.

#58 - Edward Bok - Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the editor of the Ladies' Home Journal.

#59 - Carl Sagan - Astronomer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author

#60 - Vice President Henry Wilson - 18th Vice President of the United States




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