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Daily Trivia

How big is a googol?

on Jun 21, 2025

A "googol" is a 1 followed by 100 zeros. The name is said to have come from the nine-year-old nephew of the American mathematician, Edward Kasner. A googolplex is the number 1 followed by a googol of zeros.

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What is a tanka?

Daily Trivia / June 21, 2025

A tanka is a Japanese verse form of 31 syllables in five unrhymed lines, the first and third having five syllables each, and the others seven.

How did the navy bean get its name?

Daily Trivia / June 20, 2025

Because of its use as a staple of U.S. Navy messes since the mid-nineteenth century, the humble white bean was christened "navy bean."

Did Spam win the war?

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Is anyone descended from Washington?

Daily Trivia / June 20, 2025

George Washington left no direct descendant. Though his wife Martha had four children by a previous marriage, Washington never sired a child to continue his family line.