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14 Interesting American Trivia Facts – Impress Your Friends and Family!

July 18, 2010 1 Comment

14 Interesting American Trivia Facts – Impress Your Friends and Family! Just for fun today we’ll learn a few fun facts about our great nation. Impress your family members today at dinner or your co-workers tomorrow at work. These facts come from 5087 Trivia Questions and Answers by Marsha Kranes, Fre... continue reading...

Interesting Things to Know

November 4, 2008 No Comments

Interesting Things to Know I love trivia. And some trivia is far from trivial. For instance, what do you do to stop a headache when you have no aspirin or other painkilling tablets? Try two glasses of Gatorade! Pretty nifty. And a good thing to know. Today's FamilyFirst pick is loaded with such trivial facts ... continue reading...

Five Mysterious Historical Artifacts

August 29, 2008 No Comments

Five Mysterious Historical Artifacts OK, I'm filing today's FamilyFirst pick under "History", although the veracity of the claims made here are completely open to question by me. History, or pseudo-history? You decide. The premise: five sets of objects have been found which are historically paradoxical. For i... continue reading...

Infoplease

January 12, 2008 No Comments

Infoplease When i was a nine-year-old kid, my dad found a 1966 World Almanac for 50 cents at a used bookstore. That tome kept me intensely occupied for many months afterwards. The book was an astounding collection of facts. I was beginning to get into baseball at the time, and I was delighted to see every bal... continue reading...

WorldAtlas.com’s The List

November 13, 2007 No Comments

WorldAtlas.com’s The List It's a sad fact that geography is largely unknown by the average populace. I was an avid stamp collector growing up, and when I obtained a stamp from another country, I promptly looked it up and checked it off of my Scott's album map in the front. Thus, I was able to learn the locatio... continue reading...

2006 Turin Winter Olympics Blog

January 10, 2006 4 Comments

2006 Turin Winter Olympics Blog Wow, talk about things sneaking up on you! Did you realize that the Turin Winter Olympics are just a month away? Well, they start on February 10 of this year. Today's site is a blog devoted to that very subject. It's called, amazingly enough, 2006 Turin Winter Olympics Blog. Re... continue reading...

IMDB

December 16, 2005 1 Comment

IMDB This site was reviewed a long time ago (2001 to be exact), but it has expanded so much since then that I feel it deserves a second FamilyFirst review. It's the Internet Movie Database. This is quite simply the ultimate movie lover's website! I'm not sure how many movies are represented here, but it's def... continue reading...

eBay

October 9, 2004 No Comments

eBay The Family First site has been around, in one form or another, since 1995. One of the first sites we featured has been around almost as long. That site has gone on to redefine the way that business is conducted on the Internet, and has become a buzz word for any sort of online sales activity. I have pers... continue reading...

Wendy’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz

August 23, 2004 No Comments

Wendy’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz There is no place like home. That has been an overriding feeling that we have all had at one time or another in our life. So did a young Kansas girl named Dorothy after she traveled over the rainbow to a land that was as mysterious as it was beautiful. Today's Family First site... continue reading...

Wendy’s Wonderful World of OZ

February 16, 2004 No Comments

Wendy’s Wonderful World of OZ There is no place like home. That has been an overriding feeling that we have all had at one time or another in our life. So did a young Kansas girl named Dorothy after she traveled over the rainbow to a land that was as mysterious as it was beautiful. Today's Family First Site l... continue reading...

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