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10 Celebrity Scientists

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10 Great Scientific Discoveries

Can you imagine a time when no one knew about microorganisms?

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7 Great Environmentalists

Earth Day was every day for these tireless advocates of Mother Nature.

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College

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•	Top 5 SAT essay tips

•	Top 10 best-value colleges

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•	Top 10 odd college courses

•	Top 10 SAT test-day tips

Brain Candy

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•	10 memory tricks for students

•	10 odd auto names

•	10 tastes of summer

•	10 more words you simply must know

•	10 words you simply must know

•	Top 10 business buzzwords

Art, Film, Language, and Literature

•	5 embarrassing grammatical errors

•	9 famous Harrys (besides Potter)

•	10 brain-building books

•	10 20th-century photographers you should know

•	10 books you should (re)discover

•	10 classic holiday books for children

•	10 films that should have won the Oscar, but didn't

•	10 great books about American war heroes

•	10 great novels by African Americans

•	13 favorite holiday movies

•	14 great African American artists

History

•	6 facts you need to know about Saint Patrick's Day

•	6 famous lovers and couples

•	7 great environmentalists

•	7 road trips through history

•	8 quotes about moms

•	10 American women who changed the world

•	10 African American inventors

•	10 greatest inventions

•	10 most powerful American women

•	10 quotes about taxes

•	10 surprising facts about the Fourth of July

•	10 witty wisdom quotes

•	11 American heroes

•	13 losing presidential candidates

•	14 black military heroes

•	15 African American firsts

•	15 famous quotes about war

•	15 proud papas

•	20 disenchanting quotes about love

•	20 things you didn't know about U.S. presidents

•	20 quotable sweet nothings

•	23 lovely quotes about love

•	25 firsts in the achievement of American women

•	43 highlights of African American history

Science and Nature

•	8 animals on the move

•	10 celebrity scientists

•	10 creatures you didn't know were poisonous

•	10 great scientific discoveries

•	10 incredible oceanic extremes

•	10 stellar facts for astronomy buffs

•	10 surprising dinosaur facts

•	10 things our pets would tell us if they could

•	10 things you should know before you go into space

•	11 moon facts: Bringing the Moon down to Earth

•	11 creatures of the night

•	13 things: Faster than a speeding bullet?

•	16 dog facts

•	20 ways sharks help humans

Sports and Games

•	7 summer sports--from mild to wild

•	10 reasons baseball is a weird sport

•	10 NBA greats

•	10 Winter Olympics showdowns

•	12 tennis legends

Travel and Adventure

•	5 true stories of survival

•	7 best royal palaces to visit

•	9 creepiest places on Earth

•	9 great road trip reads

•	10 great travel adventure and discovery books

•	10 national parks off the beaten path

•	15 most popular national parks

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