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Quote of the day

Quote of the Day
  • Herman Melville
    Why did the old Persians hold the sea holy? Why did the Greeks give it a separate deity... ? Surely all this is not without meaning... But that same image, we ourselves see in all rivers and oceans. It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all.

This Day in History

This Day in History
  • Wins First Kremer Prize (1977)
    British industrialist Henry Kremer set up the Kremer Prize in 1959, offering £50,000 to the first group that could fly a human-powered aircraft over a 1-mile (1.6-km) figure-eight course. The aircraft also had to clear a 10-foot (3-m) pole at the start and finish line. Early attempts with heavy aircraft failed, so engineer Paul MacCready took a radically different approach in designing the Gossamer Condor, and his team won the first Kremer Prize in 1977. What was their inspiration?

Word of the Day

Word of the Day
  • paunchy
    Definition: (adjective) Having a large belly. Synonyms: abdominous, potbellied. Usage: He was … a plump, paunchy, sturdy-looking fellow.

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