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December 10 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222288) • United States 10 Dec 19

Human Rights Day National Lager Day 1768 - The first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica is published 1868 - The first traffic lights were installed in London. They resembled railway signals and were lit at night with red...

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Whatever happened to Britannica

Alfredo Rossi @amadeo (111937) • United States 9 Jan 18

Good afternoon. I was thinking went my children were ins school learning. The first thing we bought was an set of encyclopedia Remember could not afford the whole set and bout book no .1 and start a collection.I loved it .They...

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Calling the Emoji Designer

Inlemay @Inlemay (17712) • South Africa 31 Jul 17

Today I found out that there was actually an Emoji Movie - news to me! While working on our Ballet and Bowling Website I needed to use an appropriate emoji . . . and neither a Lawn Bowl nor a Ballerina was anywhere to be...

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Encyclopedias

Kokil agarwal @amitkokiladitya (171988) • Agra, India 30 May 17

Has google outdated the use of Encyclopedias? I remember that when I was a student I used to have a bundle of Encyclopedias for knowledge. Not all students have their own tablets and the great Google. Am I correct?

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The Death Of The Encyclopaedia

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 20 Dec 15

The Encyclopaedia Salesman has now been taken off the endangered species list to join the dodo, pterodactyl and unicorn in extinction. Virtually everyone uses Wikipedia rather than the family encyclopaedia. I still love book...

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Application for Chinese Driving License

Alvis Liu @JaneGong (7) • Guangzhou, China 2 Jul 14

This post is mainly to discuss about the application for driving license. As we know the international driving license is not permitted in China. How can a foreigner to get a Chinese driving license if he or she wants to drive a...

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is Wikipedia reliable??

Mickzrodge1116 @Mickzrodge1116 (61) • Philippines 4 Oct 12

The easiest way to look for online encyclopedia facts and explanations is through Wikipedia. Usually, it is the top site that appears qhen you google about a certain topic. The information it gives is somewhat factual and up to...

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My NOT-SO Common Illness and a Brithday - I wish I was an Encyclopedia!!!

theSids @thesids (22180) • Bhubaneswar, India 16 Jul 12

hi friends and lotters Yesterday, it was the first birthday of my friend's firstborn and I was invited. I couldnt go as you know, right now, my ulcerative colitis is on the aggression. So when I told about this to...

illness

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Is wikipedia a reliable source?

Jacruz25 @Jacruz25 (1124) • Philippines 28 Oct 11

I always use wikipedia first if I want to know something because it contains almost any article. But sometimes other articles has wrong grammar or spelling, I know that the information from wikipedia are from it's members and some...

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How often do you access Wikipedia for Information?

Raijem @raijem (335) • Philippines 11 Jun 11

Wikipedia is a very informative website. Not only is this only encyclopedia free and accessible to the general public but it is also up to date with the most informative citations and links for further reading. I try to access...

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Which is more fun to read: Dictionary or Encyclopedia?

cecillecarmela @cecillecarmela (3818) • Philippines 2 Feb 10

For me I like dictionary more.. I don't know why, but I love to read new words a day although I often forget them. :) Both are boring for me, but if you'd compare the two, which for you is more fun to read? the Dictionary or the...

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Encyclopedias a thing of the past?

macdingolinger @macdingolinger (10385) • United States 13 Jan 10

I was tutoring the other day and the material we were supposed to cover was using reference materials. The lesson was on using encyclopedias. This student looked at me and said, "What's an encyclopedia?" I was floored....

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Do You Still Have An Encyclopedia?

nocturn98 @nocturn98 (956) • Venezuela 5 Jan 10

I remember when my father brought home our first set of encyclopedia. He was carrying 2 boxes of hard bound Funk & Wagnalls with gold colored side pages. I was fascinated at how everything I want to know seems to be contained in...

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Do you trust wikipedia?

crystallight1l @crystallight1l (347) • Canada 30 Oct 09

It's editable by anyone. Do you trust it? :S

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Have anybody played Civilization 4?

Simon1223 @Simon1223 (903) • China 10 Sep 09

Have anybody played this game? In my view, this game is not only a ordinary game but also an encyclopedia. The most valuable part of this game is its civilopedia. Through reading it, you could know a lot about the development of...

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Do you enjoy reading dictionaries or encyclopedias?

cecillecarmela @cecillecarmela (3818) • Philippines 1 Jun 09

Haha well I prefer reading encyclopedias more than dictionaries. But if you have to choose between the two, what would that be?

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Online Encyclopedia or Printed Encyclopedia?

blungel0830 @blungel0830 (841) • Philippines 4 Feb 09

Do people still read or turn to the printed encyclopedia for information when there is the internet? I think the internet is a better research tool where information is updated more often than the printed encyclopedia. Another...

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old encyclopedia of my husband

spoiled311 @spoiled311 (5500) • Philippines 28 Jan 09

i told my husband of the really expensive encyclopedia that i saw at the store. then he said, he has old books that he asked his father to buy for him when he was still a kid. then he went to the storage room and took a couple...

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really expensive kid's books

spoiled311 @spoiled311 (5500) • Philippines 28 Jan 09

hi there! my father in law and i were at a mall recently, and we saw those book offers of children encyclopedia. man! they were really expensive. as in, if you are just a mere employee here in the philippines, you would not...

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What do you prefer in mobile: functions or beauty ?

umeshthapa @umeshthapa (508) • Nepal 14 Jan 09

Most of the people like to have their mobile set small and handy ...that is also one point that should be consider while buying cellphone. But I prefer those type of phone which have multi functions not only to call and receive...

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