Daily Content Archive
(as of Monday, November 2, 2020)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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depute
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Declarative SentencesA declarative sentence makes a statement or argument about what is, was, or will be the case. What are some variations of declarative sentences? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Cataract SurgeryA cataract is an opacity of the lens of the eye, which can cause impaired vision or blindness. Because cataracts are a common result of normal aging, most people over age 60 have cataracts to some degree. In fact, cataract surgery is the most common surgical procedure in the US. One early remedy, developed thousands of years ago, involved using a needle to pierce the eye and push the lens out of the field of vision. In what regions is this dangerous, often blinding, technique still employed? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 First and Only Flight of the "Spruce Goose" (1947)A few years before going into complete seclusion, millionaire aviator and airplane manufacturer Howard Hughes built and piloted the only flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the largest flying boat—indeed the largest airplane—in history. He designed the seaplane as a troop and materiel transport for the US War Department and manufactured it almost entirely from wood because of wartime restrictions on the use of aluminum. Though nicknamed the "Spruce Goose," it was actually primarily made of what? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Daniel Boone (1734)Boone was a legendary American frontiersman who blazed a permanent trail across the Appalachian Mountains in 1775. Known as "Wilderness Road," it became a major route for westward migration in the US. Boone also established Boonesboro, Kentucky, and was captured by Shawnee Indians while trying to defend it. He escaped after five months but moved to the Missouri Territory after losing his land claims in Kentucky. He gained international fame after what British poet mentioned him in an epic? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 I is the first letter of the alphabet, the first word of the language, the first thought of the mind, the first object of affection.Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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nice guy— A teenaged or adult male who is dependably friendly and compassionate, to the point of being seen as too boring, unchallenging, or uninspiring to be romantically involved with. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Día de los Muertos (2021)Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a national holiday in Mexico and is observed in Hispanic communities throughout the U.S. Long before sunrise, people stream into the cemeteries laden with candles, flowers, and food that is often shaped and decorated to resemble the symbols of death. Children eat tiny chocolate hearses, sugar funeral wreaths, and candy skulls and coffins. But the atmosphere is festive. In many homes, people set up ofrendas, or altars, to the departed. These are decked with candles, special foods, and whatever the dead enjoyed when they were alive. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: inherentimminent, immanent - Imminent is "about to happen" and immanent is "inherent" or "pervading the material world." More... intrinsic - Latin intrinsecus, "on the inside," came to be the English intrinsic, "inner, internal" and "inherent." More... proper - First meant "inherent, intrinsic." More... innate, inherent - The word innate means "inborn" and should apply to living things; inherent is "essential, intrinsic" and applies best to nonliving things like ideas. More... | |