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http://www.dictionary.com/

How Stuff Works is a great technical resource. They cover lots of technical topics. Their emphasis is on electronics and computers, but there if you want to know how it works, chances are: they know.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

The Internet Movie Database is the best online movie resource. From tracking down the guy who assisted the guy who assisted the sound guy's assistant, to finding out how many Oscars Gone with the Wind won, this is the place to go.

http://www.imdb.com/

This on-line encyclopaedia is one of its kind. It's mission is to become the "sum of all human knowledge". To this end, anyone in the world (even you!) can go and add and change information in the encyclopaedia. It might sound suspect, but wait till you see what's available!

http://en.wikipedia.org/