Here are ten fascinating facts about
FamousBirthdays.com:

1.  FamousBirthdays.com is the work of one person--not a corporation.

2.  Webmaster Edward Morykwas carefully checks each famous birthdate with at least two authoritative sources before posting it on the site.

3.  Sometimes he'll even write to a celebrity personally, just to verify that the biographical info is accurate.  (FamousBirthdays.com has been online for ten years, so there aren't many errors left for visitors to catch.)

4.  "Mr. Mo" is a former schoolteacher with 23 years experience.  Picky, picky, picky!

5.  FamousBirthdays.com actually started when he was reading a book to his 6th grade class.  The book had many articles about dates and people from history.  Unfortunately, it didn't include every date of the year, so some students were disappointed.  That sent him to the public library to begin compiling his list.

6.  What started as a minor hobby has become a major obsession.  Edward collects birthdays from anywhere and everywhere, including books, magazines, newspapers, TV, radio, and of course the Internet.  The site averages over 100,000 hits a month from people in more than 100 countries.

7.  The biggest challenge is keeping up with the new celebrities appearing on the horizon.  Sometimes it's difficult to decide which of them are really going to be big stars, and which are one-hit wonders.

8.  Besides the lists of birthdays, the most popular features are the electronic greeting cards, the free e-mail, and the trivia quizzes.  People also enjoy the birthday coupons and the jokes.

9.  Edward is especially proud of his extensive list of links to other birthday-related sites, including many sports sites.   Each day's listing has links to Infoplease Encyclopedia (IP), D.T.'s Datebook (DT), Scope Systems (SS), Born Today (BT), History Channel (HC), African-American Registry (AAR), Who's Alive and Who's Dead (A/D), the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), the World Birthday Web, Google image search, and Yahoo!

10.  Don't miss Birthdayvision.  It's an Internet celebration of your birthday, complete with a Time Machine, a Hall of Mirrors, and a Fortune Teller.  It's lots of fun and 100% free.

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