Atlases and maps http://www.refdesk.com/factmaps.html

http://www.InterGO.com/Library/ref/atlas/atlas.htm

Best Reference Desk on the Web http://www.refdesk.com/

Biographies links http://www.refdesk.com/factbiog.html

British Monarchy http://www.royal.gov.uk/

Calendar: create one for the year of your choice

Computer Science bibliographies/databases http://www.library.cmu.edu/bySubject/CS+ECE/lib/bibs.html

Countries of the World (Library of Congress) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Databases on the Web http://www.refdesk.com/instant.html

Dictionaries etc. http://www.refdesk.com/factdict.html http://www.m-w.com/

Encyclopedia of Computing http://www.mcp.com/

Encyclopedieas on-line http://www.refdesk.com/factency.html

Facts search http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html

Fast facts http://www.refdesk.com/fastfact.html

Geographic database http://www.mit.edu:8001/geo

Government (mostly U.S.) http://www.refdesk.com/factgov.html

Info on just about everythinggopher://wiretap.spies.com/

Jargon & Slang http://locke.ccil.org/jargon/

Law http://www.refdesk.com/factlaw.html

Libraries (MIT) http://libraries.mit.edu/services/virtualref.html

Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/

Maps - countries, streets etc. http://www.mapquest.com/ or

http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html

Medical terms (in several languages) http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/welcome.html

MIT's Virtual Reference Links http://libraries.mit.edu/services/virtualref.html#intnet

National Geographic site http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

Old Farmers' Almanac http://www.almanac.com/

Phone books/postcodes http://www.refdesk.com/factphon.html

Population/demographics http://www.refdesk.com/factpop.html

Postal information http://www.refdesk.com/factpost.html

Project Gutenberg (1150 electronic texts and rising) http://promo.net/pg/

Quotations/thesauri http://www.refdesk.com/factquot.html

Recipe finder (with pictures, cooking directions etc.) http://www.homearts.com/waisform/recipe.htm

Time/date http://www.refdesk.com/factdate.html

United Nations http://www.un.org/

Virtual Encyclopedia http://www.refdesk.com/myency.html

Web-based databases http://www.library.cmu.edu/bySubject/CS+ECE/lib/reftools.html

Weights & measures http://www.refdesk.com/factmeas.html

White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/

World Atlas http://www.InterGO.com/Library/ref/atlas/atlas.htm

World Population Clock http://sunsite.unc.edu/lunarbin/worldpop

Yellow Pages worldwide http://www.worldyellowpages.com/

Zero Population Growth http://www.zpg.org/