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Adherents.com more than 42,000 statistics for over 4,000 religions
Animal Sounds on the Net hundreds of sound files, everything from birds to frogs to fish
Architectural Terms
Atlas Van der Hagen Project seventeenth and eighteenth century atlases of the world 
Audubon's Birds of America whatever you may think of John James Audubon, his work is a valuable resource, here as originally published
Behind the Name etymology and history of first names
Britannica.com the encyclopedia, website reviews, articles from leading magazines, and Books in Print
California On-line Dragonfly Guide information on and photographs of all the species of dragonflies and damselflies in California
Celebrity Tattoos movie idols, rock stars and tattooed historical figures
C.I.A. Electronic Document Release Center
City of the Silent Information about cemetery symbols, epitaphs, history, burials, tombstone rubbing, and other aspects of mortuary culture
The Code of Hammurabi
Complete Planet search the "deep web" of databases that most search engines cannot reach directly
Cultures.com information and features about cultures, living and ancient 
Did you know? one of those "bees have no ears" sites, but a lot of info
Direct Search find information on the "invisible Web" of databases that don't show up on standard search engines
Dog Breed Information Center need to know how big a Doberman gets? look here
Edible Flowers dozens of flowers with descriptions, usage and pictures
Eponym an amazing repository of information about world names
UK Free Historic Maps around 85,000 images from maps dated between 1846 and 1899
Gareth Long's Encyclopedia of Monsters, Mythical Creatures and Fabulous Beasts
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Guide to Poisonous Plants
Hobo Signs and Symbols the written code of the rails
How Far is It computes the distance from one city to another
Indian Mythology the stories that form the backbone of Indian culture
Insects on the Web a beautifully designed survey of the insect world
The Invisible Web resources that contain worthy information from reliable information providers that are not visible to general-purpose search engines
International Telephone Calling Codes
Knots and Lashings knots and how to make them
Learn2.com experts on ANYTHING
Legends primary source material and up-to-date scholarship on heroic legends
Lives, the Biography Resource links to biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories
Living Traditions dedicated to the study, preservation and innovative popularization of community based traditional folk culture
Manifest Technology explaining computers and electronics
Maporama get personalized maps of Europe and the world
Meeting God the American Museum of Natural History looks at elements of Hindu devotion
Mysticism in World Religions explores the mystical traditions of six religions
NatureServe conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada
Nicknames and Naming Traditions
Optical Weather Phenomena fascinating pictures and explanations
Patron Saints Index find out who will protect against moles or the patron of people named Herve (hint: it's Saint Herve)
Places Named thousands of place names, where they are, what they mean (sometimes) and statistics
PopNet information on population topics such as demographic statistics, economics, education, environment, gender, policy and reproductive health
Quotable Women a one page list of memorable quotes by women
Quotes and Sayings quotations, speeches, proverbs
UK Quotez more than 13,000 quotes in a searchable database
Religious Movements profiles of more than two hundred religious movements, from the University of Virginia
Repositories of Primary Sources holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar
Researchville query 8 search engines at the same time
Plants for a Future resource centre for rare and unusual plants
Poisonous Plants and Animals a beautifully designed and informative site
Television News Archive Vanderbilt University's searchable collection of over 30,000 evening news broadcasts
TopoZone interactive topographic map of the entire United States
UK UpMyStreet property prices, crime figures, council performance for towns and neighborhoods
US Patent and Trademark Office Search a full text and image database of patents back to 1976
The Wayback Machine an archive of stored web pages - look into the past of the net
Words About Words word-related quotations
World Gazetteer current population figures for cities, towns and places of all countries
World Thematic Map Database generate your own world map based on political boundaries, population density, natural landscapes, transportation networks, elevation zones, bioclimatic soils, earthquakes and faults, vegetation, and precipitation
World Time Server what time is it?
xrefer search engine of facts, words, concepts, people & quotations

AnyWho find telephone numbers, email, home pages
The Annual Reports Library more than 1.45 million reports from corporations, foundations, banks, mutual funds and public institutions
Biographical Dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day
Biography.com run by the A&E television channel, with more than 25,000 bios of famous people
UK Directory Enquiries find people & organisations in the UK, from British Telecom
EDGAR Archives annual reports of publicly traded companies
Find a Grave search grave records
Infobel European White and Yellow pages search
Infospace Reverse Email if you know the address, look up the name
ObitFinder find recent obituaries from over 1,000 newspapers
Public Records Database US state tax assessors offices with websites for the retrieval of available public records
Reverse Telephone Lookup
UK Scoot People Finder more than 17 million residential addresses and phone numbers
Search Systems searchable public record databases from US and Canada
Social Security Death Index
US Corporate Information general information, news and financial statements, including Hoovers listings and Forbes reports
Who's Alive and Who's Dead celebrity and public figure listings
World Email Directory more than 18,000,000 email addresses worldwide
ZIPFind Central calculate distance between two US ZIP Codes