FreeRice has an addictive little vocabulary test that cleverly aligns your interest in charity and entertaining diversion. The hook is that for each word you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice through United Nations to people without enough to eat.
For those curious whether this is a meaningful amount of rice (I was), I did a quick estimate of how much you’re contributing with each word. According to Rice Mills there are 29,000 grains in 1 pound of rice; or, about 1800 grains for a 100 calorie serving. This means that you need to get about 180 words right to donate a half-cup serving of rice. That’s quite a lot of vocab testing, so I suppose you better skip your lunch break to keep playing more…
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Every little bit helps - the total for November 15th was over 200 million grains. I have a better-than-average intellect and there have been a few words that were new to me - I love learning!
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