dMarie Time Capsule (http://www.dmarie.com/timecap)
Create your own online time capsule. Enter a date, pick from the top headlines and famous people born, top hits, top TV shows, hot new toys realeased, etc.
Microsoft Terra Server (http://terraserver-usa.com/)
Look through cameras placed all over the globe. Now, find your place on the map! Zoom in down to your house from a satellite's point of view.
The Straight Dope (http://straightdope.com/)
Archive of over 2,000 questions answered in Cecil Adam's Chicago Reader Column. For example:
Why do we call it a bathroom, even when it has no tub?
Where is the safest place on earth during a nuclear war?
Reading Rants! Our of the Ordinary Teen Booklists! (http://readingrants.org/)
A website featuring out of the ordinary booklists for teens. Reading Rants is a popular book review source for teenagers. It is now also a blog so teen can respond to the reviews and write their own.
Guiness Book of World Records (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/)
Web version of the popular record book. Includes a place to submit your own records and record attempts.
