How is an almanac used?

Almanacs are books filled with information. The first person to write an almanac was Benjamin Franklin (the Poor Richards Almanac). Almanacs contain important dates, weather, top news stories of the year, statistics on the latest World series games, the world records, noteworthy achievements, facts about famous persons, population figures for countries all over the world, predictions, Holidays, Riddles, and other miscellaneous things.