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People & History

People

Get information about a person:

Harriet Tubman

Compare several people:

Albert Einstein, Paul Dirac, Richard Feynman
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Genealogy

Compute a family relationship:

father's mother's sister's son
grandmother's aunt
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Historical Events

Get information about a historical event:

codices replace scrolls

Construct a timeline of events:

founding of Carthage, fall of Constantinople
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Historical Numbers

Convert Roman numerals to standard number notation:

MDCCLXXVI

Convert a decimal number to Mayan numerals:

365 to Mayan
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Names

Get information about a surname:

name Jones

Compare given names:

Elizabeth, Rebecca, Jennifer
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Salaries & Wages

Get information about an occupation:

chiropractor

Compare salaries:

salary mathematician, physicist, chemist
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Historical Periods

Find the date range associated to a historical period:

Bronze age

Compare historical periods:

Elizabethan era, Jacobean era
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Historical US Money

Compute the current value of a historical quantity of US money:

US$2500 (1950 US dollars)

Compute the historical equivalent value of today's US money:

10,000 current US dollars in 1910
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World Leaders

Get information about a current political leader:

President of Argentina

Get information about a past political leader:

16th President of the United States
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Military Conflicts

Find information about a military conflict:

ww2

Get information about a property of military conflicts:

Battle of Zama elephantry
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Historical Countries

Get information about a historical country or kingdom:

Holy Roman Empire

Compare multiple historical countries:

Bernicia, Northumbria
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Inventions

Compare inventions:

magnetic tape, iPod

Look up an invention property:

when was the airbag invented?
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