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A free encyclopedia? In 2001, a collaborative project started to produce a complete encyclopedia from scratch. No one owns the projects and anyone can contribute to it. To date, close to 30,000 articles have been added.... posted on Mar 23 2002, 1,214 reads

One in five of the world's people -- 1.2 billion -- live on less 1 dollar/day. 56% of the developing world lacks basic sanitation, and more than 50 countries have lower real per capita incomes today than they did a decade ago. ... posted on Mar 22 2002, 464 reads

The human eye can see 7,000,000 colors. Yellow, pure bright lemon yellow is the most fatiguing color since more light is reflected by bright colors, resulting in excessive stimulation of the eyes.... posted on Mar 21 2002, 1,302 reads

According to poetry experts, nothing rhymes with either of the words "orange" or "purple." You are welcome to prove them wrong.... posted on Mar 20 2002, 1,131 reads

Ryan listened as his teacher explained that villagers in Uganda were drinking bad water and could have a well with clean, running water for only seventy dollars. As a six year old, this was a lot of money, but he was determined and not only raised the seventy, but half a million and still growing. ... posted on Mar 19 2002, 856 reads

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The United Kingdom is much like the United States, with the poor giving twice the proportion of their income to charity compared to the wealthy.... posted on Mar 16 2002, 1,803 reads