Daily Content Archive
(as of Sunday, November 13, 2022)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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salubrious
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Prepositions Commonly Used with VerbsCertain verbs require prepositions in order to connect to their sentences' objects. What are some of the prepositions most commonly used with verbs? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The Northern LightsThe northern lights, or aurora borealis, are a luminous display of various forms and colors in the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere. They are caused by high-speed electrons and protons from the Sun, which are trapped in the radiation belt above Earth and channeled toward the polar regions by Earth's magnetic field. These electrically charged particles enter the atmosphere and collide with air molecules, exciting them to luminosity. Who coined the name "aurora borealis" for this phenomenon? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Two Libyans Indicted for Pan Am 103 Attack (1991)In 1991, after a three-year investigation, US and UK authorities announced indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people. During a trial held a decade later in the Netherlands, one of the defendants was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Whose presence on board the airplane has given rise to a number of conspiracy theories about the motivations behind the bombing? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Robert Louis Stevenson (1850)Born in Scotland, Stevenson traveled frequently during his life, partly in search of better climates for his tuberculosis, which would eventually cause his death at age 44. In 1885, he published A Child's Garden of Verses, one of the most influential children's works of the 19th century. His immensely popular novels Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were written over the course of just a few years. What is considered his unfinished masterpiece? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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king of the hill— The most powerful, successful, or authoritative person in a group or organization. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Feast of St. Frances Cabrini (2024)The first American citizen to be proclaimed a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, Francesca Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) was born in Italy. She founded the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart in 1880 and went on to establish orphanages, schools, and hospitals in many American cities, as well as in Europe and South America. She was canonized on July 7, 1946. Her feast day is commemorated in many places, but particularly at Mother Cabrini High School in New York City, in whose chapel she is buried, and at every establishment of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: proteinalbumen, albumin - Albumen is the white of an egg, from Latin albus, "white"; albumin is a protein within the albumen. More... protein - Pronounced PRO-teen or PRO-tee-un, it comes from Greek proteios, "primary," as these compounds are essential to all living organisms. More... protoplasm - A mixture of organic and inorganic substances, such as protein and water, it is regarded as the physical basis of life. More... textured vegetable protein - A protein obtained from soy beans and made to resemble minced meat. More... | |