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Saturday, September 19, 2026

Question of the Day

Where do all those recycled telephone books go?

Many are used to make things such as compact disc covers.

Word of the Day

Neap Tide

A tide of decreased range that occurs twice a month, when the Moon is in quadrature (during its first and last quarters, when the Sun and the Moon are at right angles to each other relative to Earth).

Puzzle of the Day

I am prepared either to scold or lie, according to the end you take me by. (What word fits the first clue, but when read backwards, fits the second?)

Rail - liar

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