Daily Content Archive
(as of Thursday, April 23, 2020)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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twaddle
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Adjectives of AgeAdjectives of age can describe how old a person, place, or thing is. Why do we have to be careful with adjectives of age? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Joachim MuratMurat distinguished himself as a daring cavalry commander while serving with Napoleon Bonaparte in Italy and Egypt and later aided Napoleon in his 1799 coup d'état. The next year, he married Napoleon's sister Caroline and in 1808 was chosen to succeed Joseph Bonaparte as king of Naples. He continued his military leadership as well, but after Napoleon's fall, he fled to Corsica. When he tried to regain his throne, he was captured and executed. What were his instructions to the firing squad? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Oldest Free Public School Opened in the US (1635)The Boston Latin School in Massachusetts, originally a school for boys that had just a handful of students, is now a coeducational institution serving more than 2,000 youngsters. It has the distinction of being the oldest public school in the US and claims many influential Bostonians as alumni, including four Harvard University presidents, four Massachusetts governors, and five signers of the Declaration of Independence. Who are the school's most famous dropouts? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Roy Orbison (1936)Roy Orbison was an influential American singer-songwriter and rock-and-roll pioneer whose career spanned more than three decades. He had a string of hits during the early-1960s, such as "Only the Lonely" and "Oh, Pretty Woman," after which his career waned, driven in part by a series of personal tragedies. He made a comeback in the 1980s, forming a supergroup with Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Tom Petty called the Traveling Wilburys. What was Orbison rarely seen in public without? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.John Milton (1608-1674) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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fall off the back of a truck— Of goods or merchandise, to be acquired by illegal or dubious means; to come into (someone's) possession without being paid for. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Turkey National Sovereignty and Children's Day (2023)This festival was started in 1920 by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, who recognized how important children were to his country's future and dedicated this day to them. On this national public holiday, Atatürk is honored with special services in Ankara, Turkey's capital city, at the monument built for him. Afterward, a children's program takes place in which children from around the world wear festive traditional costumes and dance and sing. In Istanbul, a similar celebration is held in the national soccer stadium. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: summitcolophon - A crowning or finishing touch, from Greek kolophon, "summit" or "finishing stroke." More... knoll - The summit or rounded top of a mountain or hill, it seems to derive from Old Teutonic knoo-lo, meaning "ball, clod, knot." More... acrobat - Derived from Greek akrobatos, "walking on tiptoe," from Greek akron, "summit," and baino, "walk." More... | |