Daily Content Archive
(as of Wednesday, April 5, 2023)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Defining Quotation MarksQuotation marks are most commonly used to indicate the exact words that someone else said. What is this type of speech known as? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 CicadasA cicada is an insect with a stout body, a wide, blunt head, protruding eyes, and two pairs of membranous wings. Male cicadas have platelike membranes on the thorax, which they vibrate like drum heads, producing a loud, shrill sound. The Magicicada species have the longest known life cycles of any insect--17 years. They live only one week as winged adults, however, spending the rest of the time in the form of larvae, burrowed underground. To what are their long life cycles an adaptation? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Pocahontas Marries English Colonist John Rolfe (1614)Pocahontas, daughter of the powerful Native American chief Powhatan, helped maintain peace between English colonists and her own people by befriending the settlers at Jamestown, Virginia, and allegedly saving the life of colonial leader John Smith after he was captured by her father's men. She later married colonist John Rolfe, which furthered efforts toward peace, and the two traveled to England, where she was received at court. What happened on her journey back to America? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856)Born into slavery, Washington was freed following the US Civil War and went on to become one of the nation's most prominent leaders and educators. He built Alabama's Tuskegee Institute into a leading African-American educational institution, with programs emphasizing vocational training. His teaching, writing, and lecturing—particularly a famous address in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1895—established him as America's foremost black leader. Washington was the first African American to be invited where? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Very few of us are what we seem.Agatha Christie (1890-1976) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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in the pocket of (someone)— Under the direct control or influence of someone or some group. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Thay Pagoda Festival (2024)This Vietnamese festival is held in honor of Buddhist monk Dao Hanh, who lived during the Lý Dynasty (1009-1225 CE). Dao Hanh was said to have invented what is known as mua roi can, "water puppetry," an activity that plays an important part in the festival. In addition to water puppet performances, the festival features firecracker competitions, folk singing, rowing contests, and mountain-climbing events. It is held in the village of Thay (or Thuy Khe village) in the Quoc Oai District of Ha Tay Province. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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