Daily Content Archive
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Order of AdjectivesIn English, the order of adjectives can sometimes be flexible, but most of the time we use a very specific order. To avoid unnatural-sounding sentences, what types of adjectives are used first? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Body WorldsGunther von Hagens's Body Worlds, a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts, has been the subject of controversy since it opened in Tokyo in 1995. Developers claim that the exhibit uses only specimens from willing donors and is intended to educate laymen about the human body, but some see the project as denigrating the deceased, and religious groups have voiced objections to the public exhibition of human corpses. What technique is used to preserve the human tissue? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Zeno Crowned Co-Emperor of Byzantine Empire (474 CE)A military leader, Zeno married the daughter of Byzantine emperor Leo I in about 466 CE. When Leo I died, Zeno's seven-year-old son Leo II became emperor and Zeno was appointed co-emperor. Leo II died within the year, making Zeno sole emperor. Zeno made peace with the Vandals in Africa, put down a rebellion in Asia Minor, got the Ostrogoths to leave the Eastern Empire, and tried to solve the Monophysite controversy, causing a schism with Rome. Why did Zeno change his name from Tarasicodissa? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Carmen Miranda (1909)Miranda was a Brazilian singer and actress who, in the 1930s, was the most popular recording artist in Brazil, where she appeared in five films. Recruited by a Broadway producer, she made her US film debut in Down Argentine Way. Typecast as the "Brazilian Bombshell" and given such caricatural roles as "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat" in The Gang's All Here, she became the highest-paid female performer in the US during World War II. What was her final film? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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be hit for six— To be upset or overwhelmed, especially suddenly or unexpectedly. Primarily heard in UK. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Hobart Royal Regatta (2024)The Royal Hobart Regatta is an aquatic carnival that includes sailing, rowing, and swimming events, as well as fireworks and parades. It is a holiday in Tasmania, Australia, and is held on the Derwint River in early February during Australia's summer season. Hobart is the capital of Tasmania, Australia's southernmost state. A similar holiday in northern Tasmania is observed on the first Monday in November and is called Recreation Day. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: stalkstipe - A stalk or stem of a seaweed, fungus, or fern frond. More... cranberry - First crane berry, so named because the plant grows on a stalk that looks like a crane's neck. More... spire - In Old English, it meant "stalk" or "stem." More... stalk - In a car, the flexible arm holding the mounting by which a seatbelt is secured. More... | |