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White House, eagle and stars in ornate illustration Latest Presidential Trivia They Skipped in School A 31-day presidency, a licensed bartender, and two rivals who died on the same July 4th. Aug 10, 2026
Waves, sailing ship and lighthouse in ornate illustration Ocean Trivia From the Planet's Deep End The mountain range you've never seen, floating swimmers, and 8 tons per square inch. Aug 9, 2026 Lightbulb, gears and inventor's tools in ornate illustration Invention Trivia: Great Ideas That Started as Accidents Melted chocolate, failed glue, and the can that beat its opener by half a century. Aug 8, 2026 Risograph-style print of layered fluorescent abstract shapes with visible grain Color Trivia: When Stop Signs Were Yellow A paint made from actual mummies, the 1939 birth of school-bus yellow, and what your dog really sees. Aug 8, 2026 Vintage travel poster of a streamlined locomotive crossing mountains Train Trivia: The Longest Ride, the Fastest Rails, and Who Invented Noon A week-long train journey, a 357 mph speed record, and the day American towns threw out their own clocks. Aug 7, 2026 Ornate letters, quill and typewriter keys illustration Word Trivia for People Who Always Get the Last Word Pangrams, tittles, and the one letter missing from every state name. Aug 7, 2026 Surrealist dreamscape of floating clocks, staircases and doors on a glowing horizon Time Trivia: The September That Lost 11 Days Babylonian math hiding in your wristwatch, a vanished week and a half, and the seconds scientists sneak into the clock. Aug 6, 2026 Gramophone, trumpet and musical notes in ornate illustration Music Trivia That Goes Beyond the Greatest Hits A band called The Quarrymen, an 88-key answer, and the album nobody has outsold. Aug 6, 2026 White aircraft schematics and clouds on deep blue cyanotype background Aviation Trivia: Short Hops, Fast Jets, and Boxes That Aren't Black A first flight shorter than a jumbo jet's wingspan, the airliner that stretched in flight, and why windows lost their corners. Aug 5, 2026 Antique apothecary counter with amber bottles, brass scales and herb drawers Medical Trivia: The Barber Will See You Now Bloodletting barbers, the wedding ring in the first X-ray, and the eight-year-old behind the first vaccine. Aug 4, 2026 Overhead view of vintage game boards, dice and wooden pieces Board Game Trivia From 5,000 Years of Rolling Dice The game buried with a pharaoh, the reason Q is worth ten points, and a board with more positions than atoms. Aug 3, 2026 Scandinavian folk-art painting of seasonal motifs in red, cream and green Holiday Trivia: The Strange Origins of Your Days Off Why Halloween lands on the 31st, what Boxing Day actually boxed, and the groundhog's real batting average. Aug 2, 2026 Retro illustration of a family gathered around a glowing television set TV Trivia: Great Finales, Live Fiascos, and One Untimely Heidi The finale most of America watched together, a commercial that cost nine dollars, and the theme song written by a teenager. Aug 1, 2026 Abstract geometric poster of athletes in motion built from circles and diagonals The Olympics Once Gave Gold Medals for Poetry A tug-of-war podium swept by police, a ten-year-old medalist, and the founder's secret pen name. Jul 31, 2026 Marble bas-relief of Roman figures with columns and laurels Ancient Rome Trivia: Gladiators, Concrete, and Very Expensive Purple What gladiators actually ate, a 1,900-year-old dome nobody has topped, and the sea snail behind history's priciest color. Jul 30, 2026 Ornate engraved guilloche scrollwork in banknote style Money Trivia: Stone Coins and Trillion-Dollar Notes Currency the size of a car, the real reason quarters have ridges, and the country where prices doubled every 15 hours. Jul 29, 2026 Supercell thunderstorm with lightning strike over open plains at dusk Extreme Weather Trivia for Storm Watchers A bolt five times hotter than the sun's surface, an eight-inch hailstone, and the park ranger lightning found seven times. Jul 28, 2026 Candlelit stacks of old leather-bound books Literature Trivia From the Rejection Pile A classic rescued from a trash can, a novel missing the letter E, and the pen name born on a riverboat. Jul 27, 2026 Weathered treasure map parchment with painted sailing ships and a compass rose Pirate Trivia: The Real Rules of the Golden Age Shipboard workers' comp, the truth about walking the plank, and the 1950 movie that invented the pirate accent. Jul 26, 2026 Impasto oil painting of a palette, brushes and canvases Art Trivia: Heists, Flops, and Hidden Faces The theft that made the Mona Lisa famous, the lone sale of Van Gogh's lifetime, and the strangers hiding under masterpieces. Jul 25, 2026 Retro pulp adventure illustration of a T. rex confronting explorers in a prehistoric jungle Dinosaur Trivia: Everything the Movies Got Wrong A turkey-sized 'raptor,' the giant that lived closer to you than to Stegosaurus, and the vision myth one famous film taught a generation. Jul 24, 2026 Extreme macro photo of a dragonfly and ant on a dewy leaf Insect Trivia: Small Bodies, Absurd Numbers A dance that gives directions, a 17-year alarm clock, and the deadliest animal on Earth (it fits on your thumbnail). Jul 23, 2026 Greek red-figure pottery scene of gods and monsters in terracotta and black Gods, Monsters, and One Eight-Legged Horse The eye Odin traded away, the famous box that was never a box, and the surprising parent of Odin's favorite steed. Jul 22, 2026 Sheet of vintage engraved postage stamps featuring birds Bird Trivia That Never Stays Grounded A pole-to-pole frequent flyer, a bird that does power-tool impressions, and an egg that's a fifth of its mother. Jul 21, 2026 Egyptian tomb painting of pharaohs and pyramids in ochre, lapis blue and gold Ancient Egypt Trivia That Would Make a Pharaoh Sweat A 70-day recipe for eternity, the truth about who really built the pyramids, and the one organ embalmers refused to take. Jul 20, 2026 Planets and a brass telescope among stars Space Trivia That Stumps Almost Everyone From sideways planets to the smell of the Moon — how many can you get before peeking? Jul 16, 2026 Antique globe with compass rose and travel routes How Well Do You Know the Map? Capitals, borders, and one country that manages to sit in all four hemispheres. Jul 13, 2026 Ancient columns, laurel wreath and scroll History Trivia for People Who Like to Argue A 38-minute war, a double Nobel laureate, and the pyramids' surprising neighbors in time. Jul 10, 2026 Octopus surrounded by sea creatures and coral The Trivia Round From the Weird End of Nature Three-hearted octopuses, immortal jellyfish, and the fingerprint you share with a koala. Jul 7, 2026 World foods arranged like museum specimens Serve This Food Trivia Between Courses Chocolate currency, eternal honey, and the fruit that thinks it's a berry (and the berry that isn't). Jul 4, 2026

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