Knowledge
/ArcaMax
This Day in History, February 29
On February 29th, 1720, Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicated in favor of her husband, King Frederick I. Read More
Featured Stories
This Day in History, February 28
On February 28th, 1827, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was chartered.
The new burger chef makes $3 an hour and never goes home. (It's a robot)
In a test kitchen in a corner building in downtown Pasadena, Calif., Flippy the robot grabbed a fryer basket full of chicken fingers, plunged it into hot oil -- its sensors told it exactly how hot -- then lifted, drained ...Read more
This Day in History, February 27
On February 27th, 1827, the first Mardi Gras was celebrated in New Orleans.
Order online or drive to the store? The climate savvy pick 'clicks and bricks'
NEW YORK -- Consumers could be forgiven for assuming that shopping online has a lower carbon footprint than buying in-store. For many, the online option saves them a trip in the car, and it stands to reason that logistics ...Read more
A thought for the day
A thought for the day: It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all. -- French-Cuban-American writer Anaïs Nin
Other Notable Events for February 29
On this date in history:
In 1704, in the bloodiest event of the so-called Queen Anne's War, Deerfield, a frontier settlement in western Massachusetts, was attacked by a French and indian force. Some 100 men, ...Read more
Notable Birthdays for February 29
Those born on this date include:
- Pope Paul III in 1468
- British religious leader Ann Lee, founder of the American Shaker sect, in 1736
- operatic composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini in 1792
-...Read more
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Can you decipher this common phrase?
HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR
HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR
HAIR HAIR HAIR
HAIR HAIR
HAIR
View full teaser and answerCoronavirus: IDC cancels Bay Area tech conference over disease fears
Another tech conference scheduled for the Bay Area has been cancelled due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus.
Technology research giant IDC has pulled the plug on its Directions conference, which was to be held ...Read more
Other Notable Events for February 28
On this date in history:
In 1784, the Methodist Church was chartered by John Wesley.
In 1844, an explosion rocked the war steamer USS Princeton after it test-fired one of its guns. The blast killed or...Read more
Notable Birthdays for February 28
Those born on this date include:
- French essayist Michel de Montaigne in 1533
- chemist/physicist Linus Pauling, twice winner of the Nobel Prize (peace and chemistry), in 1901
- movie director ...Read more
Today's Word "oxymoron"
oxymoron \ok-see-MOR-on, -mor-\ (noun) plural oxymora or oxymorons - A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
"After three years of ...Read more
Love Is All You Need
Which does not belong?
LOVE
ZILCH
GOOSE EGG
EPISODE
NIL
DUCK
Digital tax talks may result in trade war even if Democrats win
WASHINGTON -- A brewing fight about which country has the right to tax some of the world's most profitable companies, including Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google, could devolve into a multi-front trade war, ...Read more
Other Notable Events for February 27
On this date in history:
In 1844, the Dominican Republic was granted independence from Haiti.
In 1933, it was announced that President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt would use a 263-year-old tattered...Read more
Notable Birthdays for February 27
Those born on this date include:
- Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1807
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black in 1886
- soprano Marian Anderson in 1897
- novelist John Steinbeck in 1902
...Read more
Today's Word "ambiguity"
ambiguity \am-bi-GYOO-i-tee\ (noun) - 1 : Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation. 2 : Something of doubtful meaning.
"Although expressed confidently, there was a certain ambiguity to Jeanne's comments, as ...Read more
Weird Numbering
What comes next?
0, 15, 30, 40, __
View full teaser and answerEarth has temporarily gained another moon
Look up toward the sky and wave hello to Earth's new mini moon -- even if you can't see it.
Our planet temporarily gained an additional, natural moon when a small asteroid was pulled into Earth's orbit three years ago, ...Read more
Inside Knowledge
Social Connections
Popular Stories
Comics
