SHEPARD

Shepard, Alan Shepard, Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr.

(noun) astronaut who made the first United States’ suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)

Shepard, Sam Shepard

(noun) United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

12 May 2025

UNSEASONED

(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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