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A great resource with no popups, delays for the definition while they show you an ad, or other tricks. The site also has a couple of other neat features, such as a graphic showing the current phase of the moon, and a photorealistic geoclock, which shows, if you will, the current "phase of the Earth". From This is True for 8 August 2004 Suggestions for further reading:
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