Daily Content Archive
(as of Thursday, December 2, 2021)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Subject PositionsThe subject in a sentence or clause is the person or thing doing, performing, or controlling the action of the verb. The subject most typically occurs at or near the beginning of a clause. What does it precede? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The Spanish Civil WarFrom 1936 to 1939, the Spanish Civil War raged as General Francisco Franco's Nationalists overthrew the republican government. Franco's forces were aided by Germany and Italy, who used Spain as a test site for blitzkrieg warfare on the eve of World War II. Fierce and bloody skirmishes characterized the war of attrition, which claimed 500,000 lives. The war's end brought a period of dictatorship that lasted until the mid-1970s. Deemed the first "media war," it was covered by which famous authors? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 John Brown Hanged for Raid on Harpers Ferry (1859)Brown was a radical US abolitionist who advocated armed action to end slavery. He and his supporters murdered five proslavery settlers in Kansas in 1856, and three years later he tried to start an armed liberation movement among slaves by seizing the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, intending to arm local slaves with its weapons. His small force was soon overpowered, and Brown was captured, tried for treason, convicted, and hanged. What went wrong during the raid? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Peter Carl Goldmark (1906)A Hungarian engineer and inventor, Goldmark immigrated to the US in 1933 and went to work in the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) laboratories. There he developed the first commercial color television system, but it was not compatible with existing black-and-white television sets and was soon superseded by one that was. Later, he developed the system that would allow the US Lunar Orbiter to relay photographs from the Moon to Earth. What did he invent that revolutionized the recording industry? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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easier than falling off a log— Extremely easy; very intuitive; requiring little or no skill or effort. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Ngondo Festival (2024)For the majority of the Sawa, a coastal ethnic group in Cameroon, guidance comes from the Jengu water spirits. The annual Ngondo Festival is a special occasion for Sawa chiefs to petition these spirits for prophecies and warnings and to communicate those messages to a gathered assembly. The event, which lasts a few weeks, takes place on the banks of the Wouri River in the country's most populous city, Douala. Various cultural activities accompany the discernment process of the festival. Activities preceding the water feast include traditional wrestling competitions, a canoe race, and a Miss Ngondo pageant. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: paddlepaddle - An aquatic animal's flipper can also be called a paddle—as can the foot of a duck or the wing of a penguin. More... patrol - Comes from a French word meaning "paddle about in the mud." More... rudder - First meant "paddle" or "oar." More... float - The boards and paddle of a waterwheel or paddlewheel are the floats. More... | |