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 Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:27 pm
 [url=www.freerice.com][img]http://www.freerice.com/banners/
234_60_Banner2.jpg[/img][/url] Every word you get correct, you win ten grains of rice for the site to donate. 300 grains is a teaspoon. 3,000 grains is a fourth of a cup, and one cup is 12,000 grains. It's funded by the advertisements that appear on the site, and run by the United Nations. It calibrates itself to the upper ranges of your vocabulary, so that you're learning, but the words aren't too easy. There are fifty vocab levels.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:18 pm
My friend originally showed this to me on a small forum that we post on. Thank you for stating the numbers-- I was wondering that myself.
Gogo ending world hunger~
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Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:46 pm
That's so cool! I wish it had been around back when I was studying for the SAT... but yay for now!
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:20 pm
I'm a wee bit skeptical about why they would make us play games to ffed the hungry, if they really cared, why don't they just donate all the rice? Then again, they're probably supporting literacy, no?
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:14 pm
Vicarious Vows I'm a wee bit skeptical about why they would make us play games to ffed the hungry, if they really cared, why don't they just donate all the rice? Then again, they're probably supporting literacy, no? That's one part, yes. That, and they're not sitting on a giant pile of rice that they just dip into when you get a word right. When you get a word right, small advertisements on the bottom of the page register a hit, and generate revenue for the site- they use that money to buy about ten grains of rice- or 1/30th of a teaspoon. A more detailed explaination is in their FAQ.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:17 am
I love this game, and the fact that it helps the hungry (and my vocabulary).
I really want to get to level 50 and stay there, but I think my level is around 39-42 right now.
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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:40 am
=3 sweet, a place to practice my vocab, and help with world hunger xP
VOCAB LEVEL 50
You have now donated
540 grains of rice.
Yes, I'm a dork, and am having fun with this 3nodding
I learned some new words too
Capote
Mithridate
Biltong
Irenic
Acedia
and Garboil
8U This is better than reading the dictionary from front to back (I got very bored up in Fort McCoy... shhhssh you)
I'm gonna play some more whee
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edit- 2pm
=3 whooo, up to 1k
>___o time for class
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:15 pm
Vicarious Vows I'm a wee bit skeptical about why they would make us play games to ffed the hungry, if they really cared, why don't they just donate all the rice? Then again, they're probably supporting literacy, no? It is also a way to advertise, similar to the free food site.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:11 am
Hmmm... I dont think I'm gonna do that good on this.
I havent learnt too many words in my 16 years of life.
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:03 am
This is awesome!
Considering these are the words used for my vocabulary in Honors English II.
Pretty freaking sweet, usually to broaden my vocabulary I read more books, but this is faster hahaha
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:35 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:47 pm
Ah.. Free Rice.
They totally rock the online world.
Cites like that are really cool
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