Daily Content Archive
(as of Monday, January 9, 2023)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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insentient
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Past Continuous TenseAlso called the past progressive, the past continuous tense is used to describe something that was in progress at a certain moment in the past. Why is it called the past continuous? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 GurkhaThe Gurkha are members of a Nepali ethnic group who claim descent from the Rajputs and Brahmins of North India. They entered Nepal from the west after being driven from India and, in the early 16th century, conquered the small state of Gurkha. They then expanded eastward and established their authority over all of Nepal by the mid-18th century, although a subsequent war with the British in India brought a strong British influence to Nepal. What is the name of their famed curved knife? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters Executed for Murder (1923)Frederick Bywaters was convicted of murder after admitting to the brutal stabbing of Percy Thompson, the husband of his lover Edith Thompson. In an extremely controversial decision, Edith was also convicted of her husband's murder, even though Bywaters himself claimed that Edith had had nothing to do with it. Public sympathy for Edith could not prevent her execution, which was carried out at the same time as her former lover's. Who had witnessed the murder and fingered Bywaters as the culprit? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875)Born into immense wealth as a member of the Vanderbilt family, Whitney studied sculpture in the US and Europe. In addition to producing her own notable artwork, which included a Titanic memorial, Whitney became an influential patron and collector. After attempting to donate her vast art collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and being turned away, Whitney founded her own museum—today one of the foremost museums of modern American art. What family dispute made headlines in 1934? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.Agatha Christie (1890-1976) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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wear too many hats— business slang To hold too many responsibilities or assume too many roles at the same time. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Agonalia (2024)In Roman mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings and of doorways. The worship of Janus is believed to have been started by Romulus, one of the legendary founders of Rome. Usually depicted with two faces, one looking forward to the future and the other looking back to the past, his image appeared on an early Roman coin with a ship's prow on the reverse side. During the festival in honor of Janus known as the Agonalia, the rex sacrorum, or officiating priest, sacrificed a ram. Offerings of barley, incense, wine, and cakes called Januae were also common. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: rhymeassonance - The condition of the words of a phrase or verse having the same sound or termination without rhyming. More... blank verse - A verse without rhyme. More... rhyme - From Latin rhythmus, "rhythm," from Greek rhein, "to flow." More... rhyme or reason - A phrase derived from French ni rime ni raison. More... | |