Daily Content Archive
(as of Saturday, December 16, 2023)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Object ComplementsAn object complement is a word or group of words that describes, renames, or completes the direct object of the verb. Which parts of speech can be object complements? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 War ElephantsElephants were first used in military campaigns in India around 1100 BCE. At the 331 BCE Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great's forces faced 15 war elephants. Recognizing the large pachyderms' military value, Alexander began employing them in his own campaigns. The elephants' thick hides made them extremely difficult to kill or neutralize, and they easily trampled opposing forces as they charged through enemy lines. How did the Megarians use pigs to combat war elephants? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 The New York Air Disaster (1960)On a snowy day in 1960, two airliners destined for different airports collided over Staten Island, New York. Trans World Airlines Flight 266 crashed into Staten Island and United Airlines Flight 826 crashed into a Brooklyn neighborhood. The crash killed all 128 passengers aboard both planes, as well as six people on the ground in Brooklyn. An 11-year-old United passenger named Stephen Baltz initially survived the crash, but he later died from his injuries. How did he survive the landing? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Wassily Kandinsky (1866)Kandinsky, a Russian-born painter and art theorist, was one of the 20th century's most important artists, credited with painting the first abstract works in the history of modern art. He was a founder of the German expressionist group The Blue Rider, and he wrote Concerning the Spiritual in Art to champion ideas about color and nonrepresentational painting that he had developed after coming in contact with Neo-Impressionism and Fauvism. At what age did Kandinsky enroll in art school? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity.Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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hit the gas— To move quickly; to accelerate or go faster. Used especially while riding in an automobile. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Bangladesh Victory Day (2023)This public holiday in Bangladesh commemorates the end of the war with Pakistan in 1971 and the official creation of the state of Bangladesh, after months of fighting and years of struggle to gain autonomy. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: heardphoneme - A word for a hallucination in which voices are heard. More... pig's whisper - A loud whisper, meant to be heard. More... noises off - Sounds created offstage to be heard during a play's production; the term has been extended to mean distracting or intrusive background noise. More... pink noise - Random white noise that has been adjusted so there is equal energy per octave and an equal amount of each signal can be heard. More... | |