Daily Content Archive
(as of Friday, December 2, 2022)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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 Rice PaddiesIn Asian countries where traditional methods of rice cultivation are practiced, rice is grown in flooded fields called rice paddies. The fields are first prepared by plowing, fertilizing, and smoothing, and seedlings are started in seedling beds. They are then transplanted by hand to the fields, which have been flooded by rain or river water. Irrigation is maintained by dike-controlled canals or by hand watering until the fields are drained for harvesting. What is the origin of the word "paddy"? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Benazir Bhutto Becomes First Female Leader of a Muslim Nation (1988)The daughter of a Pakistani prime minister executed following a coup, Bhutto was keenly aware of the risks of political life. Nevertheless, she chose to follow in her father's footsteps and in 1988 became prime minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to lead a Muslim nation. Dogged by allegations of corruption, she fled the country in 1999. She returned in late 2007 and, after escaping one attempt on her life, was assassinated. Who stood accused of the 1996 murder of her brother? More... | |
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 Gianni Versace (1946)A dressmaker's son, Gianni Versace was exposed to fashion from a young age. After working for several Italian ateliers, in 1978 he opened his own Milan studio in partnership with his siblings Santo and Donatella. Over the next two decades, he built a fashion empire that grew to include 130 boutiques worldwide and had annual sales above $800 million. But his career was cut short in 1997, when a fugitive serial killer murdered him on the steps of his Florida mansion. Was the murderer ever caught? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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I'll be hanged if I (do something)— I am determined not to do something. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Ngondo Festival (2022)For the majority of the Sawa, a coastal ethnic group in Cameroon, guidance comes from the Jengu water spirits. The annual Ngondo Festival is a special occasion for Sawa chiefs to petition these spirits for prophecies and warnings and to communicate those messages to a gathered assembly. The event, which lasts a few weeks, takes place on the banks of the Wouri River in the country's most populous city, Douala. Various cultural activities accompany the discernment process of the festival. Activities preceding the water feast include traditional wrestling competitions, a canoe race, and a Miss Ngondo pageant. More... | |