Saturday, August 17, 2002
Looking for factoids and trivia to trigger your inspiration?
Check out Today in Science http://www.todayinsci.com/
Today (17 Aug 2002) is the 401st anniversary of Fermat's birth, the 204th anniversary of Hodgkin's birth, as well as ... the anniversary of the discovery of Phobos, the anniversary of the wrench patent, the anniversary of the start of Robert Fulton's steam boat round-trip from NYC to Albany and ...
"In 1896, the first pedestrian to be knocked down and killed by a motor vehicle in Britain was Mrs Bridget Driscoll of Croydon, Surrey, who was hit by a car travelling at 4 mph."
This link and more like it can be found in the [Reference|Dates & History] section of http://www.internet-resources.com/writers/
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Friday, August 16, 2002
For word lovers
Ruth Pettis - Word Safari - a browse through words known and unknown
http://home.earthlink.net/~ruthpett/safari/orient.htm
Ruth Pettis - Megalist of Word Links - a huge collection of links to word sites: dictionaries, etymology, grammar, spelling, word games, common errors.
http://home.earthlink.net/~ruthpett/safari/megalist.htm
These links and others of a similar ilk can be found in the [Word Stuff|Word Stuff] section of http://www.internet-resources.com/writers/
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