Daily Content Archive
(as of Tuesday, February 27, 2018)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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accursed
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Adverbs of Duration – "For" and "Since"When we want to talk about for how long something happens or is the case, we generally use the prepositions "for" and "since" along with a determiner of time. When we use "for," we pair it with a word or words that specify a length of time. What do we pair "since" with? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 TherizinosaursTherizinosaurs were theropod dinosaurs with a very distinctive set of characteristics. Possessing long necks, wide torsos, and hind feet with four toes, therizinosaurs also had unique hip bones that pointed backwards and were partially fused together. However, the most striking characteristics of these dinosaurs were the enormous claws on their hands, which could reach lengths of three feet. Furthermore, skin impressions from at least one therizinosaur indicate that they were covered in what? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Dominican Republic Gains Independence from Haiti (1844)Occurring in the midst of the Dominican Republic's turbulent 19th-century history, the 1844 revolt that overthrew French-Haitian rule established an independent republic with a presidency that was, in turns, held by Pedro Santana and Buenaventura Báez. Each president at one point tried to bring stability to the country through foreign rule—the former through Spain and the latter through the US. During what period did the US occupy the island nation and establish a military government there? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 David H. Hubel (1926)In 1981, neurobiologist David Hubel and his research partner, Torsten Wiesel, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research in the area of visual perception and their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system. Their observations of the various nerve impulses and nerve cells responsible for different types of visual stimuli opened the door for the understanding and treatment of what ailments? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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amateur hour— A result, activity, task, or situation characterized by unprofessional, talentless, or careless performance(s). The term likely originates from or refers to The Original Amateur Hour, a radio and television talent program in the US that ran from the 1930s through the 1970s. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Equirria (2023)Tradition holds that Romulus, one of the mythical founders of Rome, began the Equirria. This festival was held on both February 27 and March 14. The Equirria mainly involved racing horses and was dedicated to Mars, the Roman god of war. Scholars don't know why there were two annual Equirrias little more than two weeks apart from each other, but one theory is that these were occasions to publicly begin training horses and men for the military excursions Roman soldiers undertook in the spring. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: potterycraze - First a crack or flaw; to craze is to produce minute cracks on the surface of pottery. More... fictile - An adjective meaning "pertaining to pottery" or "suitable for making pottery." More... ceramic, earthenware - Pottery made from clay is called ceramic or earthenware. More... slip - As in pottery, it derives from Norwegian slip/slipa, "slime on fish." More... | |