What was a popular 17th century accompaniment to wine or beer?

Daily Trivia / February 21, 2025

Drinking chocolate mixed with milk, wine, or beer was considered a must at fashionable social events in the seventeenth century.

Where would you find a paddlefish?

Daily Trivia / February 20, 2025

The paddlefish, a living fossil, has existed virtually unchanged in the Mississippi River for 230 million years, although it now weighs no more than one-third of its ancient weight. The only other part of the world in ...Read More

Who introduced the 40-hour work week?

Daily Trivia / February 20, 2025

The steel industry in 1943 introduced the 5-day, 40-hour work week. Henry Ford adopted it in 1926.

How heavy was Puerto Rico's rain?

Daily Trivia / February 19, 2025

A hurricane that hit Puerto Rico in 1928 dropped 30 inches of rain over the island; the deluge was estimated to weigh 2,800,000,000 tons.

Why did Roentgen win a Nobel?

Daily Trivia / February 19, 2025

In 1901, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen won the first Nobel Prize for physics. He noticed that certain rays caused paper coated with barium platinocyanide to glow, even when the paper was in the next room. Baffled by the mystery,...Read More

Did Ben have any shocking experiences?

Daily Trivia / February 19, 2025

Ben Franklin was nearly killed by his early experiments with lightning; he survived only because he luckily didn't receive a strong enough charge. Twice he was knocked senseless - once when he attempted to treat a ...Read More