Almanacs

Information Please Almanac - Compendium of statistics and up-to-date facts and figures, on everything you need to know.

Countries and Flags

• Background Notes – Detailed information about entry requirements, climate, clothing, facilities, holidays, politics, and economies of most countries.
• CIA World Factbook – (2001 ed.) Collection of information and statistics about the politics, population, weather, and economies of foreign countries.
• Library of Congress Country Studies – U.S. Government data on various countries, including geography, society, economy and political climate.
• Flags – InfoPlease Almanacs list of country flags.
• Map Collection – An extensive collection of current and historic maps from the University of Texas.

• World-Wide Holiday list – This list is maintained by Amazon.Com.
• Today in History – A listing of important events for the day.
• Ecclesiastical Calendar – Religious holidays.

• Pulitzer Prizes – The official site of the Pulitzer organization.
• Motion Picture Academy – The official Oscar site.
• Nobel Prizes – Lists of all Nobel prize winners.

• Foreign Exchange Rates – Rates from the Federal Reserve System for the past 10 years.
• Currency Converter
• Calculateme.com