Boosting your vocabulary -- 20 grains of rice at a time

Which of the following is a synonym for "anthracite:" "dusk;" "responsibility;" "coal;" or "style?"
We knew you'd pick "coal," the correct answer, because Daily Link readers are very well read. But we wanted to give you a taste, pardon the pun, of FreeRice. FreeRice is in league with the UN World Food Program to donate free rice, 20 grains for each correct response. So when we correctly responded just now that "colloquial" means "conversational," we flexed our brain muscles and helped feed someone in a less fortunate place.
Now, you're probably wondering just how much good 20 grains of rice can do. That's hardly sustenance, you're thinking. But in the time it took to write this blog entry, we donated nearly 1,000 grains. It adds up quickly. And we did a little Web surfing and math to help you get an idea of how much you can help. There are more than 29,000 grains of long-grain white rice in 1 pound. And 1 pound is about 2.5 cups of rice. From personal experience, one cup of rice makes about four servings. So, for every 2,900 grains of rice you donate, you've provided someone one serving of rice. That's 145 words to correctly identify -- not all that many when you consider the good you're doing for yourself and someone else.