Daily Content Archive
(as of Monday, October 30, 2017)| Word of the Day | |||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Special Adverbs of TimeAdverbs of time tell us at what time (when) or for how long (duration) something happens or is the case. The majority of time-related adverbs appear at the end of a sentence (or the beginning, for emphasis), but there are a few exceptions to this rule. What are they? More... | |
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| This Day in History | |
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 Soviet Union Detonates "Tsar Bomba" (1961)"Tsar Bomba" was the nickname of a hydrogen bomb detonated by the Soviet Union in 1961 that remains the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated. The bomb had a yield of 50 megatons, a force equivalent to 1,400 times the combined power of the two nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II—or approximately 1.4 percent of the power output of the Sun. The resulting seismic shock was measurable even on its third passage around the Earth. Where was Tsar Bomba detonated? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Ezra Pound (1885)A major shaper of 20th-century poetry, Pound was one of the most famous and controversial modern literary figures—praised as a subtle and complex poet, dismissed as a naive egotist and pedant, and condemned as a traitor and reactionary. He was a founder of the imagist poetry movement, an editor of several periodicals, and a mentor to many noted writers of his day. Arrested for treason in 1945, he was deemed insane and committed. What did he write during his 12 years in a US mental institution? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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| Idiom of the Day | |
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in (the) bud— In an undeveloped, immature, or incipient state. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Disarmament Week (2024)The United Nations' Disarmament Week, observed between October 24 and October 30, was established in 1978. It begins on October 24, the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, now observed as United Nations Day. Observance revolves around raising public awareness of the dangers of the arms race and the need for international disarmament. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: pineJapanese garden - Often uses bamboo, mondo grasses, pine, and small pools of water containing koi. More... pine, pinecone - Pine, the tree, is from Latin pinus, from Indo-European pei-, "resin"; pinecones were originally called pineapples. More... pine, fir, spruce - Pine, fir, and spruce are quite different from each other, though they are all conifers; pine has clusters of long, needle-shaped leaves, spruce is a type of fir, and the only scientific difference between the two is that spruces have rectangular needles while firs have flat, needle-shaped leaves. More... pinot - A variant of French pineau, a diminutive of pine, from the shape of the clusters of grapes. More... | |