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This Day in History, February 10
On February 10th, 1863, the world-famous dwarfs General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren get married in New York City. Read More
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Death toll in NYC cold weather fatalities climbs to 18
Eighteen people have now perished in the city’s brutal cold stretch, Mayor Mamdani said Monday.
The new administration has come under fire for the deaths — and is expected to face heat from city council members ...Read more
Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing for another harsh summer
Cattle auctions aren’t often all-night affairs. But in Texas Lake Country in June 2022, ranchers facing dwindling water supplies and dried out pastures amid a worsening drought sold off more than 4,000 animals in an ...Read more
Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonment
With a stroke of a presidential pen, the lives of Izumi Taniguchi, Minoru Tajii, Homei Iseyama and Peggy Yorita irreparably changed on Feb. 19, 1942. On that day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order ...Read more
Commentary: Animal testing slows medical progress. It wastes money. It's wrong
I am living with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often called Lou Gehrig’s disease. The average survival time after diagnosis is two to five years. I’m in year two.
When you have a disease like ALS, you learn ...Read more
Today's Word "neoteric"
neoteric \nee-eh-TER-ik\ (adjective) - Of recent origin; modern.
"While many are convinced that the Shroud of Turin is an ancient artifact dating from the time of Christ, others feel its origins are decidedly more ...Read more
One Similarity
scraughed, scrinched, scritched, scrooched, sprainged, spreathed, throughed, thrutched, strengths, straights, scratched, scrounged, scrunched, stretched, screeched, scraunched, broughams, and craunched.
All these words have one thing in common. What is it?
View full teaser and answerToday's Word "zarf"
zarf \zahrf\ (noun) - In the Middle East, coffee is often drunk from cups without handles and tea, from glasses. A zarf is a decorative holder, usually from metal, with a handle that prevents the hot cup or glass from ...Read more
Binary Convention
During a recent cipher convention, a binary code contest took place. The contest consisted of a binary code transmission where the spaces between the letters were missing and there was no punctuation. Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its binary equivalent based on its position in the alphabet, a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110, o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s...
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This Day in History, February 9
On February 9th, 1621, Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
US ski resorts turn to drones to make it snow amid dire drought
Despite a barren start to Colorado’s ski season, Winter Park Resort opened on Halloween and served up holiday powder.
The ski area’s secret is a contraption a few miles upwind of the chairlifts that looks like a meat ...Read more
Today's Word "voracity"
voracity \vo-RAEH-seh-ti\ (noun) - An enormous appetite, uncontrollable hunger, ravenousness.
"Madeleine has an insatiable voracity for German classical music."
From Latin vorax "ravenous" from vorare "to swallow, devour...Read more
The Reason
If you run, you will need me,
If you live, you will breathe me.
When you climb a mountain,
I will start to disappear,
No matter how hard you listen,
No sound will enter your ear.
I'm a reason you're alive,
Without me you would surely die.
The way I come in is not the way I get out,
Another hint is that you use me more when you shout.
Without a helper I would not get in or out at all. ...
This Day in History, February 8th
On February 8th, 1693, The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a charter.
Historic low temps, booze and drugs led to a number of NYC's cold weather deaths: ME
Frigid weather, alcohol and drugs proved to be a fatal combination for a number of people found dead outdoors during New York’s continuing deep freeze as the city prepares for two more days of record low temperatures, ...Read more
What is biochar? Miami-Dade thinks it might help reduce waste in landfills
At the top of the South Dade Landfill, a massive oven that turns wood into charcoal is being tested by Miami-Dade County as an environmentally friendly way to cut down on landfill waste.
The material that comes out of the...Read more
Shipwrecks teem with underwater life, from microbes to sharks
Humans have sailed the world’s oceans for thousands of years, but they haven’t all reached port. Researchers estimate that there are some three million shipwrecks worldwide, resting in shallow rivers and bays, ...Read more
Today's Word "Nephelococcygia"
Nephelococcygia \ne-feh-leh-kak-SI-je-yeh\ (noun) - 1 : (Literally, "Cloudcuckoosville") Interpreting the shapes of clouds. 2 : La-la land, a dream land cut off from reality.
"Harold's boss told him that he was engaging ...Read more
Chunky Situation
Below, 10 nine letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These chunks have been mixed up, no chunk is used twice and all chunks are used. Can you determine what the 10 words are?
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This Day in History, February 7th
On February 7th, 1863, the HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
NYC Mayor Mamdani adds more homeless outreach, warming centers as 'lethal' cold weekend weather expected
NEW YORK — As temperatures are expected to drop again into single digits over the weekend, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city is enlisting the help of school nurses, business improvement districts and formerly homeless ...Read more
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