Daily Content Archive
(as of Saturday, June 1, 2019)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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unlooked-for
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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DeclensionDeclension collectively refers to the inflection of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs to reflect certain aspects of how they are used in a sentence. What two things does the declension of nouns reflect? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 DeirdreOften used to symbolize Ireland, Deirdre is a beautiful heroine of Irish legend. At her birth, a druid prophesied that kings and lords would go to war over her beauty. Rather than kill her outright, King Conchobar, enticed by the description of her future beauty, ordered that she be raised in seclusion until she was old enough for him to marry. However, she fell in love and fled with her lover to Scotland. After a long idyllic stay there, Conchobar lured them back to Ireland. What happened next? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Cable News Network (CNN) Begins Broadcasting (1980)CNN, a division of the Turner Broadcasting System owned by Time Warner, is widely credited with introducing the concept of 24-hour news coverage. Today, the network reaches more than 1 billion people in more than 200 countries. Its coverage of the Gulf War and other conflicts and crises of the early 1990s, including, perhaps most famously, the "Black Hawk Down" incident in Mogadishu, Somalia, led to the coining of the term "the CNN effect." What phenomenon does the phrase describe? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Brigham Young (1801)Young was an early leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or Mormon Church, who helped maintain the unity of the church after Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, was assassinated in 1844. He led the great migration west and established a settlement at Salt Lake City, where the Church is headquartered today. He defended Mormon interests during the Utah War, eventually losing his post as governor of Utah. A known polygamist, Young had how many wives and children? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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ride the pine— In sports (especially baseball), to remain sitting on the bench, rather than be an active participant in the game. Primarily heard in US. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Kenya Madaraka Day (2022)June 1 is a public holiday set aside to commemorate the day that Kenya became a self-ruling nation. On this day, the main event takes place at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi. The President addresses the nation, and the uniformed military, singers, and traditional dancers from around the country provide entertainment for the crowds. The day is full of festive activities, including family picnics and games in the public parks. Many people take this opportunity to go back to their hometowns for the occasion, and often a big meal of goat or chicken is prepared for the special day. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: spidercobweb - A single thread spun by a spider. More... arain - Another word for spider. More... lobster - Comes from Old English loppestre, "spider," because there is some resemblance. More... insect, spider, crustacean - One major difference between insects, spiders, and crustaceans is the antennae; most insects have one pair, spiders have none, and crustaceans have two pairs. More... | |