Websites of Knowledge?

AvantLegion asks: "Every now and then, I stumble upon a website that is just a veritable tome of knowledge - be it of a certain theme (like Snopes.com) or more general information (Everything2.com). Free documentation databases are invaluable, but rarely seem to come up very early in Google searches. What websites out there do you consider to be indispensable sources of knowledge? (save the obvious Slashdot jokes). Where do you look up information besides combing through search engine results?"

Comments

Re:IMDb

[mattsucks]

Seconded -- IMDB is a must, especially when you're, say, watching Independence Day and wonder, "Hey, isn't that Lieutenant Getraer from CHiPs?"

IMDB wouldn't really help, because at that point I'd be paralyzed with the shame of my intimate knowledge of CHiPs and thus unable to get to the computer.

Sports information

[angle_slam]

Most of my favorite information sites have already been listed, so I won't provide links to them (Webopedia, allmusic.com, imdb.com). But I don't believe I saw any sports information sites. So here are a few historical statistic sites:

• Baseball Reference for historical baseball data. Want to see which career is most like Barry Bonds, find out here (the answer is Micky Mantle).
• Basketball Reference. Similar to the above site, but concerned with historical NBA data.
• Soccer has two excellent sites with historical and current data. The International Soccer Server and the Rec.sport.soccer Statistics Foundation. Both sites have details on which team won the league for all of history. And you should probably check out the UEFA European Cup Football Results and Qualifications page also. It doesn't contain historical results, but is a very detailed overview on how UEFA league qualifying is determined.