Fact of the Day
The game crambo, in which one person or team must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another, originated around 1600. The word "crambo" is from the Latin for “cabbage.”
Quote of the Day
"Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way."
- Unknown
Word of the Day
sate
Pronunciation: /SAYTE/
v : to satisfy fully : to satiate
"The large buffet was intended to sate the appetite."
Friday, March 24, 2006
puzzles
Did You Know?
The word SILENT contains exactly the same letters as the word LISTEN.
Riddles
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How was this possible?
Who Could it Be?
With other Protestants he left England for Holland in 1609, searching for religious freedom. Eleven year later he sailed to New England where he became governor of the colony they established. He also wrote a detailed history of the colony, which wasn’t published in its entirety until 200 years after his death. He is credited with starting the Thanksgiving holiday in 1621
The word SILENT contains exactly the same letters as the word LISTEN.
Riddles
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How was this possible?
Who Could it Be?
With other Protestants he left England for Holland in 1609, searching for religious freedom. Eleven year later he sailed to New England where he became governor of the colony they established. He also wrote a detailed history of the colony, which wasn’t published in its entirety until 200 years after his death. He is credited with starting the Thanksgiving holiday in 1621
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