Daily Content Archive
(as of Wednesday, March 1, 2023)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Defining Adverbs of PlaceAdverbs of place tell us about an aspect of location associated with the action of a verb, specifying the direction, distance, movement, or position involved in the action. Adverbs of place generally appear immediately after the main verb in a sentence if it is intransitive. Where do they appear if the verb is transitive? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 SeaplanesSeaplanes are designed to take off from and land on water. The two most common types are the floatplane, whose fuselage is supported by struts attached to two or more pontoon floats, and the flying boat, whose boat-hull fuselage is constructed with the buoyancy and strength necessary to land and float on water. Seaplanes are often used by rescue organizations due to their efficiency and ability to spot and rescue survivors. The first practical seaplane was constructed and flown in what year? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Yellowstone National Park Established (1872)Before Ferdinand Hayden's extensive geological exploration of the Yellowstone area in 1871, many doubted the stories of prior European explorers describing a remarkable landscape dotted with geysers and boiling springs. Paintings and photographs from Hayden's expedition helped convince Congress to make Yellowstone the US's first national park, and it now draws millions of visitors each year. Why do park officials refrain from extinguishing wildfires that pose no immediate threat to human life? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Alton Glenn Miller (1904)Miller was an American jazz trombonist and bandleader. He worked as a freelance musician in New York City before forming his own big band in 1938. It soon became one of swing's most popular groups, known for hits such as "In the Mood" and "Moonlight Serenade." During WWII, he joined the military and led the US Air Force band. In 1944, while flying from England to Paris, his plane disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and Miller was never found. What are the theories about what happened? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it).Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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make the welkin ring— To make a very loud, reverberating sound or noise. ("Welkin" is an archaic or literary word for the skies or the heavens, only used in contemporary English as a part of this phrase.) More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Marshall Islands Memorial and Nuclear Victims Day (2025)In 1954, the United States detonated Bravo, the most powerful hydrogen bomb ever tested by the United States, on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Many of the people exposed to the fallout radiation began to experience nausea, vomiting, and itching skin and eyes. Those who were most heavily exposed suffered skin burns and later hair loss. On Memorial and Nuclear Victims Day, Marshallese people from the four atolls that were affected by the bomb and fallout gather to pray and commemorate those who were killed during the bomb testing. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: lakedemersal - Describing a fish that lives close to the floor of the sea or a lake. More... eyot, ait - A small island in a river or lake is an eyot or ait. More... benthos - The flora and fauna at the bottom of a sea or lake. More... lagoon - Derived from Latin lacuna, "pool, lake" or "hole, gap." More... | |