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Saturday, May 26
Fritz Haber became the "father of chemical warfare" after he developed chlorine gas for the German army during World War I. It was considered a major step forward in military brutality. He also worked on an insecticide called Zyklon B. And …Read more.
Friday, May 25
Many video games have cheat codes. The most famous is the Konami Code, which developer Kazuhisa Hashimoto created because he thought Gradius was impossible to play otherwise. There are variations, but it typically goes like this: up, up, down, down, …Read more.
Thursday, May 24
During WWI, British munitions minister David Lloyd George met Chaim Weizmann in Manchester. Weizmann was working on synthetic rubber, and a byproduct of that process was acetone. The British military needed acetone because its supply from Europe was …Read more.
Wednesday, May 23
You'd think young men have been giving their fiancÇes diamond rings for centuries. Perhaps, but it only became an Ironclad social rule after De Beers hired the ad agency NW Ayer & Son in 1939. They developed the slogan
"A Diamond is …Read more.
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Trivia Bits Monday, June 1Greenland Is Finally Free: Greenland finally emerges today from the firm hand of Danish oppression (such as it is) to become a separate country within the Kingdom of Denmark. So, Denmark is now two countries ... or something. On June 7, the kingdom will have a referendum that may end primogeniture, the idea that boys should get the throne ahead of their sisters. The current Danish crown prince, by the way, is married to a Tasmanian ad exec.
Mount John McCain: As you may know, North America's tallest mountain was called Denali by the Indians, but was named Mount McKinley by the Americans. Here's the strange part: William McKinley was not yet president at the time.
What "finger-lickin' good" chain found its slogan translated as "eat your fingers off" in Chinese? A) Arby's B) KFC C) McDonald's D) Wendy's
Previous answer: Independence Hall is on the $100 bill and is therefore "worth" the most out of U.S. landmarks on currency
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