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SITE OF THE DAY ARCHIVE
"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves,
or we know where we can find information upon it."

- Samuel Johnson

NOV 2021


Previous Archives

DATE SITE OF THE DAY
11/1/21    These frightening graphics show how far under water your city will be
   Play with the sliders and see the extent of the potential upcoming sea level rise where you live.
11/2/21    Foods Ranked Healthiest to the Worst in New ‘Food Compass’
   Nutrition advice is confusing. A new study offers some fresh info to chew on.
11/3/21    The 100 greatest TV series of the 21st Century
   BBC Culture polled 206 TV experts from 43 countries in order to find the greatest TV of the 21st Century – here’s the top 100
11/4/21    How to Find a Better Cell Phone Carrier
   Everyone has an opinion on their wireless carrier, but the “best” option for you isn’t the best option for someone else. Here’s how to decide.
11/5/21    WHAT IS THE METAVERSE?
   Unlike many things The Verge covers, the metaverse is tough to explain for one reason: it doesn’t necessarily exist. It’s partly a dream for the future of the internet and somewhat a neat way to encapsulate current trends in online infrastructure, including the growth of real-time 3D worlds.
11/6/21    These are the six most useful Google apps you aren’t using—yet
   From family-friendly fun to virtual field trips, Google has some hidden gems in its lineup that are worth a closer look.
11/7/21    Daylight saving time ends soon. Here are 4 things you should know
   What you need to know about daylight savings.
11/8/21    The Food Timeline
   Ever wonder how the ancient Romans fed their armies? What the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail? Who invented the potato chip...and why? So do we!!! Food history presents a fascinating buffet of popular lore and contradictory facts. Some experts say it's impossible to express this topic in exact timeline format. They are correct. Most foods are not invented; they evolve. We make food history fun.
11/9/21    Ask a Librarian
   Have a question? Need assistance? Our librarians and program specialists are here to help you.
11/10/21    Entry Advise
   In today's busy world, the problem of information overload has only been increasing. This is why we have decided to bring a new approach to travel advisory. We gather all the information you can find on official government website and filter it through our knowledge base, so you won't have to spend hours on gathering pieces of information from various sources.
11/11/21    History of Veterans Day
   Learn how Veterans Day was created and what the original intention was for celebrating this day.
11/12/21    Emergency Disaster and Event Map
   The Hungarian National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE) operates the Emergency and Disaster Information Service (EDIS) with the objective to monitor, document, analyze and notify customers on events in the world that may cause emergency or disaster. Their service is using the speed and the data spectrum of the internet to gather information. They also monitor and process data of several organizations and authorities to obtain reliable information.
11/13/21    Gas Prices Across the US
   The AAA Gas Prices website is a public service of the United States of America’s largest motoring and leisure travel membership organization and is updated daily by Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) with average national, state and local prices for gasoline, diesel and E-85. Every day up to 120,000 stations are surveyed in cooperation with WEX, Inc.for unmatched statistical reliability.
11/14/21    Nolo's Free Dictionary Of Law Terms and Legal Definitions
   Find plain-English definitions for legal terms by browsing Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary.
11/15/21    Discover Timeless Articles
   Timeless articles from the belly of the internet.
11/16/21    Simulate How Your Mouth Makes Sound
   Pink trombone is a model of the human vocal tract that synthesizes human voice from scratch, controllable with your fingers. By interacting with this model, you can discover how the human voice works. The voice system consists of two components: sound production and sound articulation.
11/17/21    Mapping the Climate Impact of Electricity
   electricityMap is a live visualization of where your electricity comes from and how much CO2 was emitted to produce it.
11/18/21    Forebears
   Forebears is a genealogy portal, which includes: a geographically indexed and cross-referenced directory of sources for family history research.
11/19/21    Internet Live Stats
   "Watch the Internet as it grows in real time and monitor social media usage: Internet users, websites, blog posts, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and Pinterest users. Visualize the total number of emails, Google searches, YouTube videos, Tumblr posts, Instagram photos, in 1 second. Historical trends, statistics, infographics and live data visualization."
11/20/21    Worldometer
   "Worldometers is run by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time relevant format to a wide audience around the world. We have no political, governmental, or corporate affiliation."
11/21/21    World Digital Library
   "The World Digital Library provides free access to manuscripts, rare books, maps, photographs, and other important cultural documents from all countries and cultures, in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish."
11/22/21    WikiTravel
   "Since 2003: the original free, crowdsourced travel guide with 300,000 writer/travelers visiting every day. Come add a listing right now."
11/23/21    NAUPA: The Foremost Authority on Unclaimed Property
   "The National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators (NAUPA) is a non-profit organization affiliated with the National Association of State Treasurers and the Council of State Governments. Search for and claim forgotten money that may be due you from the official government agencies. Go directly to a government unclaimed property program by clicking on a state, territory, or province from the map or drop box below. You should search in every state where you have lived."
11/24/21    Weather Underground
   "Weather Underground provides local and long range Weather Forecast, weather reports, maps and tropical weather conditions for locations worldwide."
11/25/21    U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: Thanksgiving Day: Nov. 25, 2021
   Use our Fun Facts resource in your classrooms or at home and share various interesting Thanksgiving-related facts — from the number of turkey towns and cranberry counties in our country to the states that were forecasted to raise the most turkeys!
11/26/21    BlackFriday.com
   "All the Black Friday 2021 Ads, the best Black Friday Deals and Black Friday 2021 Sales at your favorite stores. Related site: Amazon Black Friday Deals Week."
11/27/21    wordnik
   "Wordnik is a new way to discover meaning. Wordnik shows definitions from multiple sources, so you can see as many different takes on a word's meaning as possible."
11/28/21    RxList: The Internet Drug Index
   "Medications, prescription drug information, pill identifier and pharmacy locator (24 hr pharmacies) for consumers and medical health professionals. The most popular drugs and their side effects, interactions, and use."
11/29/21    Amazon: Cyber Monday Deals Week
   Look no further for the top Cyber Monday 2021 deals. Find the best deals and discounts on Amazon.
11/30/21    Recalls.gov
   "To provide better service in alerting the American people to unsafe, hazardous or defective products, six federal agencies with vastly different jurisdictions have joined together to create www.recalls.gov - a 'one stop shop' for U.S. Government recalls. Follow the tabs above to obtain the latest recall information, to report a dangerous product, or to learn important safety tips."


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