Idiom of the Day
use (someone or something) as an excuse
to blame someone or something for something
My friend used his busy schedule as an excuse not to help us.
Animal Facts
The caterpillar of the polyphemus moth in North America eats 86,000 times its own birthweight in the first 56 days of its life. It's equal to a human baby eating 270 tonnes (nearly 600,000 pounds) of food!
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