Daily Content Archive
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Defining AdjectivesAdjectives are used almost exclusively to modify nouns, as well as any phrase or part of speech functioning as a noun. For example, what is the adjective in the sentence, "A loud group of students passed by"? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Abigail and Brittany HenselShortly after conjoined twins Abigail and Brittany Hensel were born in 1990, doctors determined that there was little chance both girls would survive separation, so their parents elected not to attempt it. Now in their 20s, the twins were raised away from the media spotlight in Minnesota. They share a single torso and two legs, and though each controls one side of the body, they are able to coordinate their movements enough to swim, bike, and even drive. Who controls what behind the wheel? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Children Report Visions of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal (1917)In 1917, three children were herding sheep in Fátima when, according to their story, the Virgin Mary appeared to them. They claimed that she continued to appear to them on the 13th of every month, relaying messages and prophesies. Word of the visions spread, and at one point, the children were arrested. Then, on October 13, thousands reported seeing the sun spin in the sky near Fátima, which became a pilgrimage site. Two of the children died before the age of 12. What happened to the third? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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.jpg) Maria Theresa of Austria (1717)Maria Theresa became Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Bohemia and Hungary upon the death of her father, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. Lacking a male heir, he had initiated the Pragmatic Sanction providing for female heirs to inherit the Habsburg property and throne. She married Emperor Francis I and bore him 16 children, 10 of whom survived to adulthood. Two of their sons became emperors, and two of their daughters became queens. One queen was Marie Antoinette of France. Who was the other? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!John Milton (1608-1674) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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a fishbowl— A place, situation, or environment in which one has little or no privacy. A reference to the (typically) spherical bowls in which pet fish are often kept, which can be seen into from all sides. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Feast of Mid-Pentecost (2020)The Feast of Mid-Pentecost occurs on the 25th day after Easter. In parts of Greece on this day, a special ceremony is performed to ward off scarlatina, or scarlet fever. The children bake rolls out of flour, butter, honey, sesame oil, and other ingredients which they have collected from their neighbors. Along with other foods, these are eaten at a children's banquet, which is followed by singing and dancing. Central to the ceremony, however, is the baking of special ring-shaped cakes, which must be baked in a specially built oven. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: loafbread bag - A plastic wrapper in which a loaf of bread is sold, intended to keep the bread fresh for longer than it would be if unwrapped. More... loaf - A head on a cabbage. More... bread - In Old English, it meant "piece, morsel," while actual bread was known as "loaf." More... crumb - The soft inner part of a bread roll, slice, or loaf. More... | |