Daily Content Archive
(as of Tuesday, April 14, 2020)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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saturate
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Reporting the NegativeWhen we tell other people what someone else told us, it is called "indirect speech" or "reported speech." When we are reporting negative information, how do we know where to put the negating "not" or "never"? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Hellenistic ReligionAs Greek culture spread into the lands conquered by Alexander the Great, it came into close contact with the civilizations of the Near East and Egypt and was, in turn, influenced by them. Most Greeks continued their traditional religious beliefs, but a small number began to worship other deities, such as Isis, an ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility, and Cybele, the Great Mother Goddess of Phrygia. What new cults and religions arose from the intermingling of cultures? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Volvo Car Company Founded (1927)In 1924, Assar Gabrielsson, sales manager at the Swedish ball-bearing manufacturer SKF, and engineer Gustaf Larson decided to build an automobile that could withstand Sweden's rough roads and harsh climate. Their first car—nicknamed "Jakob"—rolled off the line on April 14, 1927, which Volvo considers its founding date. The following year, they created a truck that was immediately popular and contributed to the company's early success. The name Volvo is Latin, not Swedish, and means what? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Julie Frances Christie (1941)Christie is a British actress who became an icon of the 1960s "Swinging London" era. Just four years after she made her film debut, she won an Academy Award for her performance in Darling (1965). Throughout the course of her long career, she has been notoriously selective about the roles she accepts and has appeared in such notable films as Dr. Zhivago and Hamlet. After resisting the idea of marriage for many years, Christie finally married for the first time at what age? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world has known.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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have rocks in (one's) head— To be thoroughly stupid, crazy, absurd, incorrect, etc. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Vaisakhi (2020)Vaisakhi is the Hindu New Year and a harvest festival, celebrated primarily in northern India and Bangladesh. For Sikhs, it is their most important holy day. It is particularly significant in Malaysia and India, especially in the Indian state of Punjab, where the gospel of the Sikhs began. There the holiday is celebrated in the temples, with a 48-hour reading of the Guru Granth Sahib (the Sikh holy book), prayers, hymns, and sermons. Afterwards, there is feasting and dancing of the bhangra, a popular and athletic folk dance for men, depicting the entire farming year. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: midnightbeauty sleep - First defined as sleep taken before midnight, regarded as the most refreshing portion. More... mesonoxian - Means "of or related to midnight." More... quarternight - Halfway between sundown and midnight. More... small hours - Midnight or 1 a.m. to dawn, when the numbered hours are "small." More... | |