The Question:
How did a penguin come to be the mascot for the Linux operating system?
The Answer:
The short answer is that Linus Torvalds, founder of Linux, likes penguins, and he said so when…
Flex your spatial reasoning with 1010 Classic!
1010 Classics Instructions
How to play: To play, click and drag the blocks onto the grid. When you fill a row or column, the blocks will…
Check out the lists of minorities and women in the 110th Congress, along with which state and political party they represented. The 110th Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the…
What causes a rainbow? Although light looks colorless, it’s made up of many colors-red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. These colors are known as the spectrum. When light shines…
Born: Sept. 26, 1981Tennis beat Martina Hingis for 1999 U.S. Open championship to become the first African-American woman to win a Grand Slam title since Althea Gibson in 1958; won Wimbledon, the…
actressBorn: 1/27/1966Birthplace: Okinawa, Japan Before her film debut in The Karate Kid: Part 2 (1986), Tomita spent a season on television's Santa Barbara (1984). She has continued to work in…
Born: Dec. 19, 1966Italian alpine skier winner of 5 Olympic medals (3 gold, 2 silver); became 1st alpine skier to win gold medals in 2 consecutive Winter Games when he won the slalom and giant…
The Question: During World War I, American Soldiers were referred to as "Doughboys." Why? The Answer: The answer is uncertain; it may be related to doughnuts…
