Today’s Quiz: Science & Nature Trivia
Six questions about strange physics, surprising biology, and one creature whose poop comes out the wrong shape on purpose.
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Six questions about a one-word telegram heard from coast to coast, the day America had two noons, and the president’s son who ran the fanciest train cars on Earth — all true.
Did You Know?
Surprising facts your brain didn’t see coming.
- Vanilla Flavoring Used to Come From Beaver Butts. And That’s Only the Second Weirdest Thing in This Article.The FDA calls it “natural.” It gets so much weirder from there.
- Did You Know Saltwater Taffy Contains No Seawater, Sparked a Supreme Court Battle, and Started as a 19th-Century Dating Scene?
And the candy’s name? Basically a 140-year-old joke. - Did You Know the Horseshoe Crab Has Blue Blood Worth More Than Your Car, Isn’t Actually a Crab, and Was Already Ancient When the First Dinosaur Showed Up?
It’s not a crab, and it probably saved your life. - Did You Know Watermelon Is Botanically a Berry, Legally a Vegetable in Oklahoma, and Sells for $100 a Cube in Japan?They’re harvested unripe. On purpose. It gets weirder.
This Day in History
The moments that turned out to matter more than anyone expected.
- This Day in History: The Day George Washington Signed Patent #1
It nearly burned with 10,000 others. - This Day in History: The Day Truman Got Medicare Card #1LBJ flew to Missouri just to hand it to him.
- This Day in History: The Wedding 750 Million People Watched750 million people were watching.
- This Day in History: The Day a Bomber Hit the Empire State BuildingA bomber hit the Empire State Building. That wasn’t the craziest part.
Top 10s
Ten things you didn’t know — and now can’t forget.
- 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Oregon TrailCarved five feet into solid rock — by nothing but wheels.
- 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Times SquareA billion people watch this building every New Year’s Eve. Almost nobody is inside it.
- 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Chrysler BuildingThe rival team already celebrated winning. Then the roof opened.
- 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Fenway ParkA 502-foot Ted Williams blast, a dozing fan, and a hole punched clean through his hat.
Legends & Mysteries
The stories nobody has fully explained.
- The Ghost Ship Whose Entire Crew Died “With Terror on Their Faces” — If the Ship Ever Existed at AllThe whole crew was found dead — faces frozen in terror. Then it got stranger.
- The Security Camera That Caught a Pair of Legs Walking Through a Fresno Yard — With Nothing on TopThen, four years later, a second camera caught the same thing.
- The Lake That Swallows Ships, Planes — and Once, a Captain From a Locked RoomA DC-4 with 58 aboard is still down there. Sonar can’t find it.
- Nine Experienced Hikers Cut Their Way Out of Their Own Tent and Fled Into the Freezing Dark — and 62 Years Later, Russia Was Still Trying to Explain WhyNine expert hikers fled into -30° darkness. Some were barefoot.
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