Timewaster: Learn Words While Feeding The Hungry
By Jeff on Jul 30, 2008 in Time Wasters | Comments
UsedWigs reader Andy turned us on to Free Rice, a simple yet highly addictive website where you take a vocabulary quiz and with each correct answer, rice is donated to needy people through the UN World Food Program.
It's a win-win website. You actually help the world's hungry with your time wasting, that is actually time well spent because you now know what "obovate" means!
Who pays for this rice you ask? The FAQ has your answer:
The rice is paid for by the sponsors whose names you see on the bottom of your vocabulary screen when you enter a correct answer. These sponsors support both learning (free vocabulary for everyone) and reducing hunger (free rice for the hungry). We thank these sponsors for their participation at FreeRice. For information about how you or your company can sponsor FreeRice, please email here.
Like most addictive things, you're sucked in with the easy questions they serve up first, then the questions get harder as you move along. Lots of fun for word nerds and normal humans alike.
Website: www.freerice.com
More Info: www.poverty.com
Tags: Free Rice • UN World Food Program • Word Nerds • Words
