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diadem \DY-uh-dem\ (noun) - 1 : A crown. 2 : An ornamental headband worn (as by Eastern monarchs) as a badge of royalty. 3 : Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.

(transitive verb) - ...Read more

By changing the third letter of each of the words below, can you make another valid word. You have to change each word such that the third letters will reveal a ten letter word when read downwards. Therefore, what now reads KRZSAPROKD will be a real word. What ten letter word is formed?

BAKE
CURE
MAZE
PEST
NEAT
ROPE
PORT
FOOD
POKE
SODA

LOS ANGELES — Each day, an army of trucks delivers tens of thousands of pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables to Mexico City's Central de Abasto, one of the world's largest wholesale food markets.

Most of the produce ...Read more

A thought for the day: That ... man ... says women can't have as much rights as a man, cause Christ wasn't a woman. Where did your Christ come from? ... From God and a woman. Man had nothing to do with him. -- American ...Read more

On this date in history:

In 1789, U.S. President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, to be Thanksgiving Day. It was the first U.S. holiday by presidential proclamation.

In 1922, in Egypt's ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Musician Johannes Bach in 1604
- clergyman/college benefactor John Harvard in 1607
- surgeon/women's rights leader Mary Walker Edwards in 1832
- Baseball Hall ...Read more

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 26, the 331st day of 2024 with 35 to follow.

The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and ...Read more

kobold \KOH-bold\ (noun) - In German folklore, a haunting spirit, gnome, or goblin.

"The kobold wore the simple garments of his race: a long patchwork coat over practical leather clothes, his close-cropped black hair ...Read more

A man has 3 cards face down on a table. One is a jack and two are aces. He knows the order but you do not. You can ask him one yes or no question, but when you do you have to point to one of the cards. If you point to an ace, he will tell the truth, if you point to the jack, he will randomly say yes or no. You have to find one of the aces.

SEATTLE — The bomb cyclone that knocked out power for some half a million people in Western Washington last week exposed the weaknesses in the Pacific Northwest's energy grid.

As the massive low-pressure system spun off...Read more

On this date in history:

In 1783, more than 6,000 British troops evacuated New York City after signing the peace treaty ending the Revolutionary War.

In 1947, film industry executives introduced the ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1835
- automobile designer Karl Benz in 1844
- social reformer Carrie Nation in 1846
- writer Leonard Woolf in 1880
- ...Read more

prestidigitation \pres-tuh-dij-uh-TAY-shuhn\ (noun) - Skill in or performance of tricks; sleight of hand.

"So, by virtue of such mental prestidigitation and tergiversation, inspired and animated as it was by his desire ...Read more

After you have dealt about half of the 52 cards for a bridge game (with four players), the phone rings. You put down the undealt cards to answer the phone. When you return, none of the cards has been touched, and no one can remember where the last card was dealt. Without counting the cards in any hand, or the number of cards yet to be dealt, how can you finish dealing rapidly and accurately, giving each player exactly the same cards they would...