Daily Content Archive
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 WolfberryWolfberry is the common name for the fruit of two closely related species in the family that also includes potatoes, tomatoes, chili peppers, deadly nightshade, and tobacco. Though the recognition of wolfberries' nutrient and antioxidant qualities is only a recent phenomenon in the West, they have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for at least 2,000 years and are often linked to lore involving Shen Nung, China's legendary first emperor. Wolfberry is often marketed under what name? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Insulin First Used to Treat Diabetes (1922)Insulin, a hormone produced in clusters of pancreatic cells called islets of Langerhans, regulates carbohydrate metabolism and allows the body to use and store glucose. Patients with diabetes have a decreased ability to either produce or absorb insulin. Canadian physiologists Charles Best and Sir Frederick Banting revolutionized the treatment of diabetes when they discovered how to isolate insulin in 1921. What happened when a 14-year-old diabetic was given the first insulin injection in 1922? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Parmigianino (1503)Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola was an Italian Mannerist painter and etcher commonly known by his nickname Parmigianino, meaning "the little one from Parma." His works possess remarkable grace and sensuality, and he is regarded as one of the period's finest draftsmen. He was one of the first artists to practice etching, and through this medium his style became influential in Italy and beyond. One of his most curious works is a self portrait in which his image has been distorted by what? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 The state lieth in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it saith it lieth; and whatever it hath it hath stolen.Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) | |
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the Fourth Estate— The people and organizations that report the news, or news journalism as a whole, regarded as having palpable but unofficial political influence. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Albania Republic Day (2023)Republic Day was a national holiday in Albania, also known as Anniversary Day, which commemorated the founding of the Communist government on January 11, 1946, until April 15, 1991, when the first Parliament since the fall of the Soviet Union convened. More... | |