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Daily Content Archive

 (as of Wednesday, November 25, 2009)
In the News

Paralyzed Man Misdiagnosed as in Coma for 23 Years

A car accident in 1983 left Rom Houben, a Belgian man, in what doctors believed was a vegetative state. In truth, Houben was conscious but paralyzed. Though he tried to shout, he was unable to make a sound. It sounds like a nightmare, but it was this man’s reality for 23 years. Only in 2006, when doctors used state-of-the-art imaging equipment to examine Houben, did they discover that his brain was active. Now able to communicate via a special keyboard, he is writing a book about his experiences. More on the subject...
Article of the Day

Floyd Collins and the Crystal Cave

Collins was a caver noted for discovering Kentucky's Crystal Cave in 1917. Eight years later, while searching for a new entrance to a popular cave system, he became trapped underground. He died after about two weeks, just days before a rescue shaft reached his location. The rescue quickly became the third biggest media event of the period, the first and second being Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight and his son's kidnapping. Coincidently, Lindbergh played a role in the rescue, doing what? More...
This Day in History

Battle of Montgisard (1177)

At the Battle of Montgisard, the Kingdom of Jerusalem, established by the First Crusade and led by Baldwin IV, defeated the renowned Kurdish military general Saladin. Learning of Saladin's plans to invade from Egypt, Baldwin's forces surprised his army en route and were triumphant despite inferior numbers. The kingdom enjoyed a year of peace before Saladin renewed his attacks, prompting another decade of warfare. What powerful Christian military order participated in the fighting? More...
Today's Birthday

Andrew Carnegie (1835)

Famed philanthropist and self-made man Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and businessman. He amassed a huge fortune in iron and steel during the American Industrial Revolution and later sold his firm to J.P. Morgan's U.S. Steel Corporation. He donated over $350 million—the equivalent of more than $4 billion today—to various charitable organizations before his death. At the height of his career, he was the second richest person in the world, after whom? More...
 
Word of the Day

ventral

Definition:(adjective) Of or on the lower or inner surface of an organ that faces the axis.
Synonyms:adaxial
Usage: The ventral surface of the leaf was coated with a waxy cuticle that prevented it from drying out.
Quotation of the Day
Politics have no relation to morals.

Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527)

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