Daily Content Archive
(as of Tuesday, November 7, 2023)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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balladeer
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Countable NounsCountable nouns (also known as count nouns) are nouns that can be considered as individual, separable items, which means they can be counted with numbers—we can have one, two, five, 15, 100, and so on. Are abstract nouns ever countable? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Isolation TanksIn 1954, John C. Lilly developed the isolation tank to test the effects of sensory deprivation. Such tanks are intended to completely deprive the brain of any external stimulation; they are lightless, soundproof, and filled with warm saltwater to promote flotation and reduce skin sensation. Isolation tanks are now used for meditation, relaxation, and in alternative medicine. A therapeutic session typically lasts an hour, and it is reportedly common to experience what during the first 40 minutes? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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.jpg) London Gazette, Oldest Surviving Journal, First Published (1665)The London Gazette is one of the British government's official journals of record in which statutory notices are required to be published. Originally called the Oxford Gazette, it was first published in 1665, making it the oldest surviving English newspaper and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom. The first publication of the Gazette coincided with King Charles II's movement of his court to Oxford, which he did to escape what? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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.png) Marie Curie (1867)Marie Curie was a Polish-born French physical chemist. She married fellow physicist Pierre Curie in 1895, and together they discovered the elements radium and polonium—which Marie named after her native Poland. They also distinguished alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. For their work on radioactivity—a term she coined—the Curies shared the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics with Henri Becquerel. This made Marie the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize. In 1911, she became the first person to win what? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 So, let us not be blind to our differences—but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved.John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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good enough for jazz— Sufficient to suit the purpose(s) at hand without needing to be perfect. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 American Indian Heritage Month (2023)The first general American Indian Day was observed on the second Saturday in May 1916, but since 1995, the month of November has been observed as American Indian Heritage Month. Although the largest Native American populations can be found in Oklahoma, Arizona, California, New Mexico, and North Carolina, many other states have come up with ways to draw attention to their unique contribution to American culture. Most celebrations focus on educational and promotional events, displays of Native American art and dance, and agricultural fairs. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: spoilbilk - A term originally used in cribbage, meaning "spoil one's opponent's score." More... corrupt - Comes from Latin corrumpere, "destroy completely," and first meant "to destroy or spoil the flesh, fruit, or organic matter by dissolution or decomposition." More... infect - From Latin inficere, "put in" or "dip in," which came to mean "stain, taint, spoil." More... | |