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46 Days Until Winter Begins

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Question of the Day

Giblets include all the edible, internal parts of the turkey, including the gizzard, heart, liver, and neck of the bird. It’s perfectly proper to make gravy out of them.

Word of the Day

Rostrum

The beak or head of a ship. Beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.

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Puzzle of the Day

When will there be but 24 letters in the alphabet?

When U and I are 1.
(If the two letters, U and I, became the number 1, that would eliminate two letters from the alphabet, making a total of 24.)

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