Daily Content Archive
(as of Friday, June 2, 2023)Word of the Day | |||||||
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Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Words with the Same Plural and Singular FormsSome nouns remain the same in singular and plural forms. "Sheep" is one such noun. What are some others? More... |
Article of the Day | |
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TanglewoodTanglewood is an estate and music venue in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and is the home of the annual summer Tanglewood Music Festival and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. It has been the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home since 1937. Its summer school is one of the world's preeminent training grounds for composers, conductors, instrumentalists, and vocalists. The name "Tanglewood" pays homage to what American author who spent time in the region? More... |
This Day in History | |
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Bare-Knuckle Fighter Dies After 99-Round Fight (1833)In 1830, bare-knuckle prizefighter Simon Byrne, Ireland's heavyweight boxing champion, fought Alexander McKay, the "Champion of Scotland," for the right to challenge England's heavyweight champ. McKay died of a head injury shortly after losing the lengthy fight, and Byrne was charged but later cleared of manslaughter. Three years later, Byrne fought England's champion, James Burke. After 3 hours and 99 rounds, Byrne was knocked out. He died days later. What became of Burke after the fatal fight? More... |
Today's Birthday | |
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Martha Washington (1731)Martha Washington was the wife of first US president George Washington. They married in 1759, nearly two years after the death of her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis. During the American Revolution, she spent winters in army camps with her husband and organized a women's sewing circle to mend clothes for the troops. Although the title was not coined until after her death, she is considered the first "First Lady" of the US. She is also the only woman whose portrait has appeared on what? More... |
Quotation of the Day | |
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I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences. Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) |
Idiom of the Day | |
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go off in a huff— To leave in an angry, belligerent, or vexed mood. More... |
Today's Holiday | |
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Malaysia Birthday of SPB Yangdi-Pertuan Agong (2023)Malaysia practices a system of government based on a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The head of state is the king, also known as Seri Paduka Baginda (SPB) Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Although the term king is used, this is not a hereditary position—the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected to a five-year term. Every year, the first Saturday in June is set aside as a national holiday in Malaysia to celebrate the birthday of the current and past SPB Yang di-Pertuan Agongs. More... |
Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: scrapeerase - From Latin e-, "out," and radere, "scrape." More... raze, razor - Raze, from French raser, "shave close," is from Latin radere, "scrape, scratch"—also giving us razor. More... gride - To scratch, scrape, or cut with a grating sound. More... scrumble - To scrape or scratch (something) out of or from. More... |