Daily Content Archive
(as of Friday, August 25, 2017)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Conditional SentencesConditional sentences are in the conditional mood, which is used for hypothetical scenarios that are dependent on a certain condition or conditions. What are the four "degrees" of conditionals? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Ars GoetiaArs Goetia is the title of the first section of The Lesser Key of Solomon, an anonymous 17th-century book of magic that became one of the most popular texts of demonology. The Ars Goetia describes the 72 demons that King Solomon is said to have confined in a magic vessel and includes instructions on how to use magic rituals to call up the same demons to do the conjurer's will. What famous British occultist published a revised version of the Ars Goetia? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 42nd Street Opens on Broadway (1980)42nd Street tells the story of an up-and-coming chorus girl from Allentown, Pennsylvania, pursuing a Broadway career during the Great Depression. This hugely successful stage musical premiered on August 25, 1980, at New York City's Winter Garden Theatre. Known for its elaborate tap dances and songs like "We're in the Money," it won Tony Awards for Best Choreography and Best Musical and saw a Broadway revival in 2001. What tragedy marred 42 Street's opening night? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 James Lick (1796)A piano maker by training, Lick spent many years in South America before returning to the US in 1848. He settled in San Francisco, where he soon abandoned the piano-making trade in favor of real estate. Shortly after his arrival, gold was discovered in the region, and Lick made a fortune in the housing boom that followed. The wealthiest man in California at the time of his death, he left most of his estate to social and scientific causes. Under what scientific instrument is he buried? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 The remedy is worse than the disease.Francis Bacon (1561-1626) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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at the end of (one's) tether— Completely worn out, exasperated, or exhausted; having no more patience, endurance, or energy left. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Grasmere Sports (2022)This annual event in England's Lake District began in the 1800s to encourage Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling, but it has since expanded to include other traditional Lake District sports. Fell running (a fell is a highland plateau), another traditional sport, is an all-out race to the top of the nearest mountain and back. Hound trailing, which reflects the Lake District's importance as a center for fox hunting, is done on foot with packs of hounds that run across the fells after their prey. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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