Daily Content Archive
(as of Friday, February 18, 2022)Word of the Day | |||||||
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Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Defining the ColonA colon ( : ) is used after an independent clause to add information that helps illustrate or clarify what it says. It is most commonly used to introduce a list, but it can also introduce what else? More... |
Article of the Day | |
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Franz Rosenzweig's The Star of RedemptionRosenzweig was a Jewish philosopher who almost converted to Christianity before immersing himself in the Hebrew classics. His major work, The Star of Redemption, described the relationships between God, humanity, and the world, as they are connected by creation, revelation, and redemption. When diagrammed, the six concepts form a Star of David. In 1929, just eight years after publishing The Star of Redemption, Rosenzweig died. What were his last words—and how did he express them? More... |
This Day in History | |
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Pluto Is Discovered (1930)Pluto was discovered by the astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona while he was searching for "Planet X," a hypothetical planet that was believed to exist beyond Neptune. Pluto was long regarded as a planet, but following the discovery of other, larger Kuiper belt objects, astronomers recognized the need to reclassify Pluto. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union ended official recognition of Pluto as a planet. What is Pluto's current classification? More... |
Today's Birthday | |
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Toni Morrison (1931)Morrison was an African-American writer and editor whose work helped bring African-American literature into the mainstream. In 1988, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved, which is now included in the canon of American literature, and she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993. Her fiction is noted for its poetic language, lush detail, and emotional intensity. Why did she call Bill Clinton "our first Black president"? More... |
Quotation of the Day | |
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One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. Jane Austen (1775-1817) |
Idiom of the Day | |
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bored to tears— Extremely bored to the point of distraction, frustration, or irritation. More... |
Today's Holiday | |
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Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri (2023)Hadaka Matsuri means, literally, "naked festival". The young men who participate are naked except for traditional white loincloths known as fundoshi. Sometimes the participants in Hadaka Matsuri immerse themselves in a river beforehand to purify themselves. Occasionally several semi-naked young men will carry a mikoshi, or portable shrine, in the form of a horse, rice bale, or sake barrel into the river with them. More... |
Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: knowing |