Facebook is a social networking website. It was originally developed for college and university students but has since been made available to anyone with an (more)

Facebook is a social networking website. It was originally developed for college and university students but has since been made available to anyone with an email address. People can select to join one or more participating networks, such as a high school, place of employment, or geographic region.

As of February 2007, the website had the largest number of registered users among college-focused sites with over 25 million members worldwide (also from non-collegiate networks).[1]

Facebook is the number one site for photos in the United States, ahead of public sites such as Flickr, with over 6 million photos uploaded daily.[citation needed] It is also the sixth most visited site in the United States.[citation needed]

The name of the site refers to the paper facebooks that colleges and preparatory schools give to incoming students, faculty, and staff depicting members of the campus community. (less)

Timeline that describes week by week the changes in a woman's body as well as that of the baby during pregnancy. Pregnancy and having a child is one of lif (more)

Timeline that describes week by week the changes in a woman's body as well as that of the baby during pregnancy.

Pregnancy and having a child is one of life's most amazing miracles. (less)

William Henry Gates III is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his c (more)

William Henry Gates III is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8% of the common stock. The annual Forbes magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked Gates as the richest person in the world from 1995 to 2007, with recent estimates putting his net worth near $56 billion. When family wealth is considered, his family ranks second behind the Walton family, heirs of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. In July 2007, Fortune Magazine reported that the increase in value of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's holdings of stock caused him to surpass Bill Gates as the world's richest man. (less)

Education in the United States is provided mainly by government, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local. Until the 18 (more)

Education in the United States is provided mainly by government, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local.
Until the 1840s American education was not a system at all, but a disjointed collection of local, regional, and usually private institutions. The American school system originated in the 1830s and 1840s, when a new generation of education reformers attacked the tradition of disjointed and localized education. By the end of the 19th century the reformers had largely achieved their objective. Free public education at the elementary level was available for all American children. (less)

Dwight David Eisenhower, born David Dwight Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed "Ike", was a five-star General in the United (more)

Dwight David Eisenhower, born David Dwight Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed "Ike", was a five-star General in the United States Army and U.S. politician, who served as the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961). During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944-45. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.
Eisenhower was elected the 34th President as a Republican, serving for two terms. As President, he oversaw the cease-fire of the Korean War, kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War, made nuclear weapons a higher defense priority, launched the Space Race, enlarged the Social Security program, and began the Interstate Highway System.

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The exact origins of the sport of golf are unclear. Golf is generally considered to be a Scottish invention, as the game was mentioned in two 15th-century A (more)

The exact origins of the sport of golf are unclear. Golf is generally considered to be a Scottish invention, as the game was mentioned in two 15th-century Acts of the Scottish Parliament, prohibiting the playing of the game of gowf. Some scholars, however, suggest that this refers to another game which is much akin to shinty or hurling, or to modern field hockey rather than golf. They point out that a game of putting a small ball in a hole in the ground using golf clubs was played in 17th-century Netherlands rather than Scotland. The word golf is an alteration of Dutch "kolf" meaning "stick, "club" and "bat".

In January 2006, new evidence re-invigorated the debate concerning the origins of golf. Recent evidence unearthed by Prof. Ling Hongling of Lanzhou University suggests that a game similar to modern-day golf was played in China since Southern Tang Dynasty, 500 years before golf was first mentioned in Scotland. (less)

A computer is a machine which manipulates data according to a list of instructions. Computers take numerous physical forms. The first devices that resemble (more)

A computer is a machine which manipulates data according to a list of instructions.
Computers take numerous physical forms. The first devices that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century, although the computer concept and various machines similar to computers existed earlier. Early electronic computers were the size of a large room, consuming as much power as several hundred modern personal computers. (less)

This timeline is about the history of fashion photography. Fashion photography is a genre of photography devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion it (more)

This timeline is about the history of fashion photography. Fashion photography is a genre of photography devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. Fashion photography is most often conducted for advertisements or fashion magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, or Allure. Over time, fashion photography has developed its own aesthetic in which the clothes and fashions are enhanced by exotic locations and story lines. (less)