The Dailies

Word of the Day

Railroad (n./v., RAIL-road)

Ok, we know you know what this word means as a noun. But did you know that it's also a verb? And that it can mean to rush something through in order to avoid careful consideration? Or to convict someone on trumped-up charges? You didn't, and that's because you railroaded your vocabulary homework so you could play StarCraft.

Gif of the Day

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Link of the Day

Hermit Crab Vacancy Chain

We all know that Hermit crabs change their shells. What we may not have realized is that there's a complicated pattern to how this actually happens. BBC's "Life Story" explains:

I am very glad that choosing a home is not as fast-paced and cutthroat as this. I wouldn't last long on Wall Street, and I'm not sure I'd last long as a hermit crab in a housing shortage either.

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