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Welcome to Encarta
4/12/2008
MSN Encarta is the online home of the internationally acclaimed multimedia encyclopedia with content you can trust.
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Future of the Universe
Some cosmologists suggest that the acceleration of the universe will get faster, eventually tearing atoms and particles apart in a “big rip” and leaving a featureless void.
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Kingsley Amis
Amis was the finest English comic novelist of the second half of the 20th century and a dominant force in the writing of the age.
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Furniture
In both design and construction the methods used in ancient Egypt are followed wherever furniture is made today.
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Did You Know?
Which king abdicated in favour of his brother in December, 1936?
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Mystery Picture
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On This Day
December 4, 1586
Mary, Queen of Scots was sentenced to death for her part in the Babington Plot, a plan to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I.
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Word of the Week
What does
guyot
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Single Quiz
Which famous screen actress was married to Laurence Olivier?
a)
Maureen O’Hara
b)
Olivia de Havilland
c)
Vivien Leigh
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The Fab Four
They were the most important band of the 1960s—in many ways, they were the 1960s.
See how much you know about The Beatles in this Encarta quiz.
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