Daily Content Archive
(as of Monday, March 7, 2022)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Expressing Equality Using "As … As"One way of expressing similarities, differences, or changes with comparative adverbs is by using the structure "as … as." What construction do we use to describe two things as equal? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 CurlingCurling is a precision sport played on ice with heavy polished stones. Two teams of four curlers each play this game, which is most popular in Canada, but is played all over the world. When did curling become an official Winter Olympic sport? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Alexander Graham Bell Awarded US Patent for Telephone (1876)Originally an audiologist, professor, and teacher of the deaf, Bell became interested in the idea of transmitting sound waves by wire when he misread a thesis by a German physicist. He mistakenly believed that the thesis implied such a transmission was possible. It did not, but Bell's idea was sound. Later, he described his mistranslation as a "valuable blunder." Three days after receiving a patent for his device, he spoke the first sentence ever transmitted by telephone. What was it? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Luther Burbank (1849)The 13th child of a Massachusetts farmer, Burbank received little formal education, yet he went on to become a groundbreaking horticulturist. Influenced by Charles Darwin's writings, he began breeding plants at age 21. The rapid success of his Burbank potato, the russet variety of which is now the most widely-grown potato in the US, allowed him to move to California and establish an experimental farm, where he developed more than 800 varieties of plants. What is his spineless cactus used for? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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man up— To deal with something in a more brave, stoic, or masculine way than one has done so hitherto. (Usually used imperatively.) More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Bike Week (2025)Bike Week is the largest motorcycle meet in the world, held for 10 days in Daytona Beach, Florida. The highlight of the week is the Daytona 200 race, which attracts competitors from all over the world. Other races include a three-hour U.S. Endurance Championship race and vintage motorcycle races on Classics Day. These events take place in the Daytona Beach Municipal Stadium and on the Daytona International Speedway. Another popular feature of the week is a parade of over 5,000 motorcycles, and concerts and trade shows are held throughout the week. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: restinglotus position - Sitting with the feet resting on the thighs. More... resting - A kind adjective for "between acting jobs." More... superincumbent - Means "on the surface of" or "lying or resting upon." More... couchant - Describing a cat sitting with its body resting on its legs and its head raised. More... | |