Daily Content Archive
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Using Parentheses with FragmentsWhen parentheses enclose a word, phrase, or dependent clause, they will generally appear within a sentence, since the information usually can't function as a sentence alone. When this is the case, what must the parentheses appear adjacent to within the sentence? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Twin StudiesIdentical twins share virtually all of their genes, and fraternal twins share about 50%. This makes twins ideal subjects for behavioral geneticists, since they can compare how each individual in a pair is influenced by genes, shared family environment, and individual experience. One of the pioneers of twin studies was 19th-century scientist Sir Francis Galton, who was influenced by the work of his cousin, Charles Darwin. What fundamental misconception colored the research of early twin scholars? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Miles Davis's Kind of Blue Is Released (1959)Recorded in just two sessions in the spring of 1959, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue is widely considered to be one of the most important jazz albums ever produced. Davis assembled a group of talented musicians—including saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist Bill Evans—and gave them minimal instructions before recording. Possibly the best-selling jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue is notable for having left out something considered to be the backbone of earlier jazz composition—what? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Mae West (1893)West was an American stage and movie comedienne who started her career in burlesque and vaudeville. In 1926, she began to write, produce, and star in her own Broadway plays, which were often replete with sexual innuendo. A master of the double entendre, she treated sex with broad humor in popular films such as I'm No Angel. As a result, she constantly battled the censorship of the motion picture Production Code. What was dubbed a "Mae West" during World War II? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love.Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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go off the handle— To become uncontrollably angry; to lose control of one's temper. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Indonesia Independence Day (2025)Indonesia had been a Dutch colony for 300 years when a group of revolutionaries declared independence on August 17, 1945. Indonesians endured four more years of struggle before their independence was formally granted by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. This national holiday is celebrated throughout Indonesia with parades, athletic events, and a multitude of cultural and performing arts festivals. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: plateassiette - A prepared dish of food, French for "plate, course of a meal." More... dish, plate - Dish is a more general term and plate is more specialized. More... plate - Etymologically, something "flat," from Latin plattus, "flat," and Greek platys, "broad." More... placard - Comes from French plaquier, "to plate; lay flat." More... | |