Daily Content Archive
(as of Thursday, August 15, 2019)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Demonstrative PronounsDemonstrative pronouns are pronouns used to replace nouns or noun phrases in a sentence, representing that which is nearby or far away in space or time. Because demonstrative pronouns are less specific than the nouns or noun phrases they replace, what must be used for clarity? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 DiscoDisco is a style of dance music characterized by hypnotic rhythms, repetitive lyrics, and electronically produced sounds. It arose in the mid-1970s in New York City underground nightclubs where DJs played dance records for hours without interruption. With considerable input from producers, artists such as Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, and Diana Ross developed the disco sound and had many hits. Disco peaked with the release of the film Saturday Night Fever and "died" soon after on what date? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Cameroon's Lake Monoun Explodes, Suffocating 37 (1984)The explosion at Cameroon's Lake Monoun, which killed 37 people, at first baffled investigators. It was only after a similar event at nearby Lake Nyos two years later claimed the lives of 1,700 people that experts determined that high concentration of carbon dioxide in the lakes had caused the suffocating limnic eruptions. Venting pipes were inserted into Lake Monoun to remove the gas and prevent future eruptions. How many lakes in the world are susceptible to this sort of deadly gas release? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Virginia Clemm Poe (1822)When she was just 13, Virginia Clemm married her first cousin Edgar Allan Poe, who was 14 years her senior. For years, scholars have debated about the nature of this relationship, which was cut short when Virginia tragically died of tuberculosis at 24. Edgar was clearly smitten by his young bride—and muse—and was devastated by her death. Still, some believe that the two were more like siblings than spouses and never actually consummated their marriage. What has led them to this conclusion? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.Jane Austen (1775-1817) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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the inmates are running the asylum— The people least capable of running a group or organization are now in charge. Said especially when the result is total chaos or calamity. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Dozynki Festival (2021)For many Christians around the world, August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption. But in Poland, it is also a time for celebrating the harvest. During the wheat harvest festival known as Dozynki Pod Debami, or Festival under the Oaks, the reapers make wreaths out of grain, flowers, nuts, and corn. When they present their wreaths to the master and mistress of the estate on which the wheat is grown, they are invited in for a feast, which is followed by dancing. More... | |
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