Daily Content Archive
(as of Tuesday, October 16, 2018)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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constellate
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Verbs and Indirect ObjectsOnly verbs that express an action being relayed to or done for another person or thing can take indirect objects. What are these verbs called? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 StonefishFound in the tropics of the Indian and Pacific oceans and in the Red Sea, the stonefish, Synanceia verrucosa, is the world's most venomous fish. Spines lining its dorsal area release a toxin that causes excruciating pain, local swelling, general paralysis, and, eventually, fatal respiratory paralysis. Using its resemblance to a piece of rock to camouflage itself, the carnivorous fish feeds on small fish, shrimp, and other crustaceans. A stonefish can survive out of water for how long? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Marie Antoinette Guillotined (1793)The daughter of Austrian Archduchess Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, Marie Antoinette was the queen of France and wife of King Louis XVI. Her devotion to Austria, reputation for extravagance, and connection to scandals made her unpopular and helped to provoke the French Revolution. After the storming of the Tuileries palace, she and Louis were accused of treason. The king was executed, and Marie was tried, found guilty, and guillotined. Did she really say "Let them eat cake"? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 William Orville Douglas (1898)Douglas, a US Supreme Court justice and author, practiced and taught law early in his career, before becoming a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1936. As SEC chairman, he engineered the reorganization of US stock exchanges, instituted measures aimed at protecting small investors, and began government regulation of the sale of securities. In 1939, the president appointed him to the Supreme Court. For what controversial act did Congress attempt to impeach Douglas? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 A man will tell you that he has worked in a mine for forty years unhurt by an accident as a reason why he should apprehend no danger, though the roof is beginning to sink.George Eliot (1819-1880) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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do the right thing— To act or behave correctly, appropriately, or with the best intentions. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 World Food Day (2019)Proclaimed in 1979 by the conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, World Food Day is designed to heighten public awareness of the world food problem and to promote cooperation in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. October 16 is the anniversary of the founding of the FAO in Rome, Italy, in 1945. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: rubbishbilge - Can mean "nonsense, rubbish." More... culch - Rubbish or refuse, or meat scraps. More... flathers - A synonym for rubbish or dirt. More... quisquilious, quisquiliary, quisquilian - Quisquilious and quisquiliary mean "having the nature of refuse or rubbish," and quisquilian means "consisting of trash or rubbish." More... | |