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Encyclopedia Britannica plots $1bn stock market listing
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoEncyclopædia Britannica is preparing to join the US stock market with a hoped-for $1bn (£850m)...
Dick Magee: The day the encyclopedia guy came to call
Sturgis Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoI was frantic. I couldn’t find it — my I-phone! Without it, I am nothing. I go naked into the world....
'Antidote to the information apocalypse': How World Book encyclopedia still publishes
The Ledger via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoLast month, we discussed Wikipedia, and how the online encyclopedia, coupled with encyclopedias on compact discs, cut into the business of printed encyclopedia sets that were found in many American ...
Fact Check: About That Meme Claiming Geppetto Was a 'Slave Master' Who Built Pinocchio Out of...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 1 month agoInstagram user @covidopp2020 and www.cracked.com Claim: Geppetto, the woodcarver in "The Adventures...
Mississippi man Donald Triplett, first person diagnosed with autism, dead at 89
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDonald Triplett, a Mississippi man who became known as the the first person to ever be diagnosed...
Idol depicting deity of death — dating back 1,800 years — found in remote Mexican town
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn ancient idol depicting a deity of death was recently unearthed in a remote part of Mexico,...
Fact Check: Meet Gigantopithecus the Largest Ape Ever Known To Exist
Snopes via Yahoo News· 6 months agoReddit u/ITSsUNSHINEHansen Claim: An online photograph shows a man standing next to a genuine...
Fact Check: Persistent Rumor Claims Charles Darwin Renounced Theory of Evolution on His Deathbed....
Snopes via Yahoo News· 4 months agoElliott & Fry / Wikimedia Commons Claim: Charles Darwin professed a belief in God and recanted the...
Gadget Daddy: Oh the things that are no more because of the smartphone. Remember these?
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAh, nostalgia. Something to reflect upon as time marches on. Remember the slide rule? Replaced by...
Things Boomers Took for Granted That are Obsolete Now
Cheapism via AOL· 1 month agoLUNAMARINA/istockphoto Here Today, Gone Tomorrow If your vision of the Big Apple still includes...