Tuesday, November 10, 2026

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Quote of the day

Quote of the Day
  • E. M. Forster
    It isn't possible to love and to part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.

This Day in History

This Day in History
  • Mary Anderson Patents the Windshield Wiper (1903)
    Today we take for granted the fact that we are able to flip a switch and clear our windshields of precipitation or debris, but this was not always the case. Early drivers were forced to manually clear their windshields of snow, rain, dirt, and the like, that is, until Mary Anderson invented the first effective windshield wiper system. It was not long before windshield wipers were standard equipment on American cars. What inspired Anderson to invent a windshield-clearing device?

Word of the Day

Word of the Day
  • hackbut
    Definition: (noun) An obsolete firearm with a long barrel. Synonyms: arquebus, hagbut, harquebus. Usage: It is unusual to encounter a hackbut outside of a museum, as the weapon has no practical application in modern combat.

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