The Best of ALMANACS on the Internet
Farmer's Almanac
The Farmers' Almanac is filled with entertaining short stories, good cooking, fun, facts, forecasts, timely household tips, calendars for fishing and of course gardening.
www.farmersalmanac.com
CIA World Factbook
Published by the United States Central Intelligence Agency, the World Factbook has data
on every country in the world, including maps, background, geography, people, government,
economy, and military.
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Almanac Search
Search dozens of almanacs all at once! Topics covered include:
History & Government, Biography, Sports, Arts, Entertainment,
Business & Finance, Consumer Resources, Health, Science and Weather.
www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html
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"arstechnica.com/etc/rdf/ars.rdf",
"rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/tech.xml",
"www.infoworld.com/rss/news.xml",
"kbalertz.com/rss/winxp.xml",
"kbalertz.com/rss/ie600.xml",
"www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/expertzone/expertzone.xml",
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"arstechnica.com/etc/rdf/ars.rdf",
"rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/tech.xml",
"www.infoworld.com/rss/news.xml",
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);
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