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Advent — Infoplease.com
Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-Step Programs
American Indian Archaeological Sites
American Indian Glossary — Infoplease.com
American Indian Heritage Month
American Indian Heritage Month Origins — Infoplease.com
American Indian Loan Words
American Indian Place Names
American Indian versus Native American — Infoplease.com
American Indians: Census Facts
American Indians: Census Facts
April Fools' Day: Origin and History — Infoplease.com
August—History of the Month's Origin
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BBQ Primer — Infoplease.com
Back to School Center — Infoplease.com
Bastille Day - The French Fourth
Bloomsday — Infoplease.com
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Carving the Perfect Turkey — Infoplease.com
Centenarians
Charitable Giving Online
Chinatowns and Other Asian-American Enclaves: Chinatowns
Chinese New Year — Infoplease.com
Christmas Traditions — Infoplease.com
Cinco de Mayo
Civil Unions | Same-sex Marriage Legislation — Infoplease.com
College Admissions Stress
Color
Commencement Speeches — Infoplease.com
Cults--Uganda, Jonestown, and Others
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Day of the Dead
Daylight Saving Time — Infoplease.com
Diwali — Infoplease.com
Dowries
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Easter Candy Facts
Easter Symbols and Traditions — Infoplease.com
Easter and Passover — Infoplease.com
Easter—A Tale of Two Easters — Infoplease.com
Euthanasia Legalized in The Netherlands — Infoplease.com
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Fact Monster Mask — Infoplease.com
Famous Couples | Abelard and Heloise — Infoplease.com
Famous Couples | Abigail and John Adams — Infoplease.com
Famous Couples | Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne — Infoplease.com
Famous Couples | Annie Oakley and Frank Butler — Infoplease.com
Famous Couples | Antony and Cleopatra — Infoplease.com
Famous Couples | John Alden and Priscilla Mullins — Infoplease.com
Famous Couples | Marie and Pierre Curie — Infoplease.com
Famous Couples | Queen Victoria and Prince Albert — Infoplease.com
Famous Couples | Robert and Elizabeth Browning — Infoplease.com
Famous Couples | Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal — Infoplease.com
Famous Fictional Couples | Carmen and Don Jose — Infoplease.com
Famous Fictional Couples | Helen of Troy and Paris — Infoplease.com
Famous Fictional Couples | Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester — Infoplease.com
Famous Fictional Couples | Margherita (Camille) and Armando — Infoplease.com
Famous Fictional Couples | Ralph and Alice Kramden — Infoplease.com
Famous Fictional Couples | Robin Hood and Maid Marion — Infoplease.com
Famous Fictional Couples | Romeo and Juliet — Infoplease.com
Famous Fictional Couples | Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler — Infoplease.com
Famous Fictional Couples | Sheherazade and King Shahryar — Infoplease.com
Famous Food Dishes and How they Got Their Names
Famous and Infamous Moms
Fashion Timeline — Infoplease.com
Fashion—What is Haute Couture? — Infoplease.com
Father's Day Quotations
Father's Day Timeline — Infoplease.com
Father's Day — Infoplease.com
Feng Shui Explanation — Infoplease.com
Feng Shui Tips for Home and Work — Infoplease.com
Fowl FAQ — Infoplease.com
Friday the 13th — Infoplease.com
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Genealogy Made Easy
Genocide: How is it Defined?
The Gregorian Calendar—History
Groundhog Day
Guy Fawkes Day
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Halloween History
Halloween Traditions
Halloween by the Numbers — Infoplease.com
Halloween — Infoplease.com
Hanukkah — Infoplease.com
Hispanic Americans: Census Facts — Infoplease.com
Hispanic Heritage Month: Countries of Origin
Hispanic Heritage Month — Infoplease.com
History of Women's History Month
A History of the New Year — Infoplease.com
Hobo Convention
Holiday Census Facts
Holidays in America — Infoplease.com
Holocaust Remembrance Day — Infoplease.com
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Ides of March
International Women's Day — Infoplease.com
Irish Quotations — Infoplease.com
Irish Saints — Infoplease.com
Islam Glossary — Infoplease.com
Islamic Holidays — Infoplease.com
Israel's Lost Tribes — Infoplease.com
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Jewish Traditions from Ashkenazic to Zionist
The Jonestown Massacre
Judaism Primer — Infoplease.com
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Kwanzaa — Infoplease.com
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Leap Year 101 — Infoplease.com
Leap Year Explained — Infoplease.com
Love Poem Quotations — Infoplease.com
Love Poems on the Web — Infoplease.com
The Lunchbox
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Male Body Image — Infoplease.com
Mardi Gras — Infoplease.com
Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday — Infoplease.com
May Day — Infoplease.com
Memorial Day — Infoplease.com
Millennial Markers
Millennium Miscellany — Infoplease.com
The Million Mom March — Infoplease.com
The Monster Guide
The Most Popular Pet Names
Mother's Day Features — Infoplease.com
Mother's Day Gift Ideas for Kids — Infoplease.com
Mother's Day Quotations — Infoplease.com
My Favorite Lunchbox
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Names: Their Meanings, Origins, and Popularity — Infoplease.com
National Hot Dog Month — Infoplease.com
Native American Proverbs and Wisdom
New Year's Traditions
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Origins of the Christmas Holiday — Infoplease.com
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Passover and Easter—A Quick Guide to Understanding Dates — Infoplease.com
Passover: Feast Without Yeast — Infoplease.com
Passover — Infoplease.com
Perpetual Calendar
Popular Kids' Names — Infoplease.com
Pottery
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Quotations from Notable Women — Infoplease.com
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Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr — Infoplease.com
Roller Coasters — Infoplease.com
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah — Infoplease.com
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Sacajawea Golden Dollar
School Year and Summer Vacation—History
Scout Quizzes
Seuss: Memorial, Musical
Smokey Bear
St. Patrick's Day: More Dallas than Dublin
St. Patrick's Day — Infoplease.com
State Fairs
State Holidays — Infoplease.com
Summer Guide — Infoplease.com
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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day Parade — Infoplease.com
Thanksgiving History — Infoplease.com
Thanksgiving Proclamation
Thanksgiving Traditions: A Presidential Pardon — Infoplease.com
Thanksgiving | Plymouth Controversy
Thanksgiving: Census Facts
Turkey Trivia — Infoplease.com
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Valentine's Day History of Candy Hearts — Infoplease.com
Valentine's Day by the Numbers — Infoplease.com
Valentine's Day | Famous Couples in History — Infoplease.com
Valentine's Day | Fictional Love Stories
Valentine's Day — Infoplease.com
Valentine's Day — Infoplease.com
Veterans Day: Census Facts — Infoplease.com
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The Wage Gap in Pro Sports — Infoplease.com
The Wage Gap: A History of Pay Inequity and the Equal Pay Act — Infoplease.com
Wedding Lore and Traditions
Wedding Quotations
Weddings — Infoplease.com
What is Boxing Day? — Infoplease.com
What is Purim? — Infoplease.com
Winter Holiday Roundup 2008 — Infoplease.com
Women's History | A Statistical Portrait
World War II Memorial
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Y2K: No News is Bad News To Some
Yiddish Glossary — Infoplease.com
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur — Infoplease.com
 

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