Daily Content Archive
(as of Wednesday, April 25, 2018)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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veneration
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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SpeechGrammatical speech refers to how we report something another person said. Depending on how we do this, we sometimes have to inflect the verbs that we use. Speech is usually divided between what two types? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Blindfold ChessIn blindfold chess, players engage in a chess match without being able to see or touch the pieces. Moves are communicated via chess notation, a system which describes the pieces' location on the board. While it is generally thought that most strong players can play at least one game blindfolded, some masters are able to play dozens of blindfolded games simultaneously with different opponents. What is the world record for the number of blindfold chess games played simultaneously by one person? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 La Marseillaise, French National Anthem, Is Composed (1792)Written and composed by French army officer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in 1792, La Marseillaise was adopted in 1795 as France's first anthem. Although it was then banned by Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, and Napoleon III, it was restored as France's national anthem in 1879. The evocative lyrics and recognizable tune of La Marseillaise have led to its use as a revolutionary anthem and have inspired many pieces of classical music and pop culture. What are some examples? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Ella Fitzgerald (1917)After winning an amateur contest at Harlem's Apollo Theater in 1934, Fitzgerald started singing with Chick Webb's big band and soon became its star. She recorded her first hit, "A Tisket-A Tasket," in 1938 and went on to become one of the best-selling vocal recording artists in history and a 14-time Grammy Award winner. In 1960, she made a famous live recording in which she improvised new lyrics to a song after forgetting the original ones. The performance earned her a Grammy. What song was it? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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country bumpkin— Someone from a rural area who is therefore not versed in city life or its social norms. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Founding of the People's Army of North Korea (2019)The founding of the People's Army of North Korea in 1932 is marked every year with a national public holiday. The main celebration takes place in the capital city of Pyongyang and includes oratorical meetings, where various officials praise the army's exploits. Public displays can also include parades, gun-salutes, fireworks, choruses, dance displays, and drum-beating. While many sources list February 8, 1948, as the army's official start-date, the North Korean government observes 1932 as the date of the army's founding. More... | |
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