Daily Content Archive
(as of Wednesday, January 11, 2023)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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 HadithHadith is the collection of the traditions of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam. Hadith consists of two branches, the first concerned with the validation of the individual traditions through the process of examination of its chain of transmitters back to the Prophet, and the second concentrating on the actual content of the traditions as a source of religious authority. What are the differences between the Hadith accepted by Sunni Muslims and that accepted by Shiite Muslims? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Insulin First Used to Treat Diabetes (1922)Insulin, a hormone produced in clusters of pancreatic cells called islets of Langerhans, regulates carbohydrate metabolism and allows the body to use and store glucose. Patients with diabetes have a decreased ability to either produce or absorb insulin. Canadian physiologists Charles Best and Sir Frederick Banting revolutionized the treatment of diabetes when they discovered how to isolate insulin in 1921. What happened when a 14-year-old diabetic was given the first insulin injection in 1922? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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.jpg) John A. Macdonald (1815)Macdonald was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. He played a crucial role in expanding Canada's territories to include the Northwest Territories and British Columbia and earned much praise for his role in forging a nation of sprawling geographic size, with two disparate European colonial origins and a multiplicity of cultural backgrounds and political views. What was the Pacific scandal, and how did it affect Macdonald's career? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Once victim, always victim—that's the law!Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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the Fourth Estate— The people and organizations that report the news, or news journalism as a whole, regarded as having palpable but unofficial political influence. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Albania Republic Day (2023)Republic Day was a national holiday in Albania, also known as Anniversary Day, which commemorated the founding of the Communist government on January 11, 1946, until April 15, 1991, when the first Parliament since the fall of the Soviet Union convened. More... | |