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- printed and electronic information that falls within the public domain,
including:
archive.org
Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 Edition
LibriVox
Project Gutenberg
Internet Public Library
National Association of State Budget Officers
UN Statistics Division
US Department of Defense Security Assistance Agency.
AND
Department of Useless Information - by Jimmy Alison, radio series 1984-86.
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Gadsby by Ernest Vincent Wright (1939)
Bland Ambition by Steve Tally
opensecrets.org
give.org
whatsonwhen.com
IMF
ISO
The Death of Distance by Francis Cairncross (1997)
Top 10 of Everything by Russell Ash, published by Dorling
Kindersley (2000)
Factastic Millennium Facts by Russell Ash, published by Dorling
Kindersley (2000)
Today in History by Bruce T Goldman and RGA
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Internet Medieval
Sourcebooks
History
of paper
wikipedia
About.com
The Free Dictionary
freeDB
Macro History
The linked books are available at amazon.com
Isaac
Asimov's Book of Facts
Imponderables
: The Solution to the Mysteries of Everyday Life by David Feldman,
Paperback - 262 pages (1987) Quill Press
Guinness
Book of Records 1999
The
Book of Mosts by H. Aaron Cohl, Hardcover - 304 pages (October 1997)
St Martins Pr (Trade)
The
Mammoth Book of Oddballs and Eccentrics by Karl Shaw, Paperback -
512 pages (April 2000) Carroll & Graf
The
Last Word : New Scientist Paperback (1998) Oxford University Press
Ever
Wonder Why? by Douglas B. Smith, Paperback Reissue edition (January
1992) Fawcett Books
Stumpers!
: Answers to Hundreds of Questions that Stumped the Experts by Fred
R. Shapiro, Paperback (September 1998) Random House Reference & Information
Publishing
Factastic
Millennium Facts published by Dorling Kindersly Publishing (October
1, 1999)
2201
Fascinating Facts by David Louis, Hardcover (August 1987) Crown Pub
The
Usborne Book of Earth Facts (Facts and Lists Series) by Lynn Bresler,
Tony Gibson, Ian Jackson (Illustrator), Paperback - 48 pages (April 1987)
E D C Publications
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