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Today's Word "flippant"
flippant \FLIP-uhnt\ (adjective) - Lacking proper seriousness or respect; showing inappropriate levity; pert.
"Ann is flippant where I'm serious, and I'm flippant where Ann is serious." -- John Cowper Powys, 'Wolf Solent'...Read more
What Am I?
Decapitate me and all becomes equal. Then truncate me and I become second. Cut me front and back and I become two less than I started.
What am I?
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This Day in History, April 21
April 21st, 753 B.C. is the traditional date observed for the founding of Rome.
Fragile baby spider monkeys 'ripped' from mothers, brought to SoCal. Trafficker sentenced
A Texas man was busted for trafficking vulnerable Mexican baby spider monkeys, who were too young to be separated from their mothers, into San Diego and selling them on Facebook.
Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, was recently ...Read more
More black bears seen in Lower Michigan. Here's how to avoid them, DNR says
Black bears are expanding their territory in Michigan's Lower Peninsula and as they roam about, state officials say the best way for residents and bears to both stay safe is to ensure they can't find a reliable snack in ...Read more
Mountain lion seen for first time in Texas county, officials say. 'Use caution'
A city worker recently spotted a mountain lion in a part of Texas where there’s never been a confirmed sighting, according to officials.
The employee, a member of the city’s trail crew, was at Purgatory Creek Natural ...Read more
Today's Word "officious"
officious \uh-FISH-uhs\ (adjective) - Marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed; meddlesome.
"You are too officious
In her behalf that scorns your ...Read more
Naming Rights
Which two people in Group A should be in Group B?
Group A:
Julius Caesar
Phil Jackson
Ambrose Burnside
Jane Austen
Orville Redenbacher
Group B:
Reverend William Spooner
Francois Mansard
Pierre Magnol
Georg Ohm
This Day in History, April 20
On April 20th, 1972, Apollo 17 landed on the moon.
Today's Word "congeries"
congeries \KON-juh-reez\ (noun) - A collection; an aggregation.
"But if the congeries of past events, if congeries it was, could be separated from its usual partnership with sentiment, it cannot have been too much to ...Read more
English Lesson
Which word in group B belongs in group A?
A) 1. automatic 2. biology 3. thermal.
B) 4. international 5. transport 6. antiwar.
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This Day in History, April 19
On April 19th, 1775, the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired, beginning the Revolutionary War.
Why did four whales wash up in San Francisco Bay in a week and a half?
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The juvenile minke whale had been spotted swimming around San Francisco Bay for nearly a week by the time she beached herself off the coast of Emeryville April 8. Scientists had thought she seemed ...Read more
Want your own personal satellite? Here's how and what it'll cost
The Las Vegas-based company that would operate the future Las Vegas Spaceport west of the city is offering wealthy customers a chance to own their own military-grade personal satellite.
United Spaceports Corp., the ...Read more
The Lyrid meteor shower creates a light show for Earth Day. Here's how to get the best view
LOS ANGELES — Shooting stars will usher in Earth Day starting late Monday night as the Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak — and Californians will have some of the best views in the country.
The annual meteor shower ...Read more
Lawsuits seeking to address climate change have promise but face uncertain future
The U.S. Supreme Court in March 2025 ended a decade-old lawsuit filed by a group of children who sought to hold the federal government responsible for some of the consequences of climate change. But just two months ...Read more
Trump has canceled environmental justice grants. Here's what communities are losing
Jabaar Edmond has long advocated for better air quality in his Childs Park neighborhood in St. Petersburg, Florida.
For decades, residents of the predominantly Black neighborhood complained of a persistent gasolinelike ...Read more
Today's Word "felicitous"
felicitous \fuh-LIS-uh-tuhs\ (adjective) - 1 : Suitably applied or expressed; appropriate; apt. 2 : Happy; delightful; marked by good fortune.
"His end fell well on the feast of Felix, for he was felicitous in all things ...Read more
Bytes and Dollars
Explain how the following equation is true.
byte = dollar
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This Day in History, April 18
On April 18th, 1775, the famous midnight ride of Paul Revere took place.
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