Daily Content Archive
(as of Sunday, December 11, 2022)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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GerundsA gerund is the "-ing" form of a verb when it functions grammatically as a noun in a sentence. What is a gerund phrase? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 BushidoBushido, which means "way of the warrior," is a code of conduct of the Japanese samurai class. Along with self-discipline, honor, and austerity, the code emphasized the samurai's obligation to his lord, which superseded even familial ties. After the Meiji Restoration in 1868 effectively ended feudalism and returned power to the emperor, the samurai's obligation of loyalty and sacrifice shifted, becoming the basis for the cult of emperor worship. What is hara-kiri? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Adolf Eichmann Found Guilty of War Crimes (1961)Adolf Eichmann was a high-ranking Nazi official who oversaw the maltreatment, deportation, and murder of millions of Jews during World War II. He promoted the use of gas chambers for the mass extermination of Jews in concentration camps and is considered to be largely responsible for the logistics of the Final Solution, which was the Nazi policy to exterminate millions of people. At the end of World War II, Eichmann went into hiding. How was he captured? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Annie Jump Cannon (1863)Cannon was an American astronomer whose cataloging work is still in use and serves as the basis for modern theoretical understanding of stellar evolution. In 1897, she became an assistant in the Harvard College Observatory, where she later served as astronomer and curator of astronomical photographs. Recognizing that the spectra of many stars had been photographed in the second half of the 19th century, Cannon classified more than 500,000 stars. What celestial feature is named for her? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Egotist, n.: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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take the high road— To choose the most noble, ethical, or diplomatic course or method, especially after or in the face of negativity or ill treatment. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Burkina Faso Republic Day (2023)On this day in 1958, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) voted to become an independent republic within the French community. It was then internally self-governing until it achieved independence in 1960. This is considered the most important national holiday in Burkina Faso, with many events held in the capital city of Ouagadougou. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: insignificantpiff - Something insignificant. More... bee's knees - Used from 1797 for "something insignificant." More... floccinaucinihilipilification, floccipend - Floccinaucinihilipilification is estimating or categorizing something as worthless, and floccipend means "regard as insignificant" (from Latin flocci pendere, "hold at little value"). More... piteous, pitiable, pitiful - Piteous is generally not used when speaking of people, pitiable means "able to be pitied," and pitiful most often means "insignificant; below contempt." More... | |