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Daily Trivia

How did Hennig discover phosphorus?

on May 30, 2025

It was while he was examining urine, seeking the philosopher's stone (the magic elixir needed to change base metals into gold), that German chemist Hennig Brand discovered phosphorus.

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How tall is the Eiffel Tower?

Daily Trivia / May 30, 2025

The height of the 984-foot-tall Eiffel Tower varies, depending on the temperature, by as much as 6 inches.

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What is the legacy of Mikhail Kalashnikov?

Daily Trivia / May 29, 2025

he AK-47 (shortened from Russian Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947) is a gas-operated assault rifle designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov, and produced by Russian manufacturer Izhevsk Mechanical Works and used in many Eastern bloc ...Read More

Who controls the supply and price of diamonds?

Daily Trivia / May 29, 2025

Created in 1888, De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. is the most successful cartel arrangement in the annals of modern commerce. While other commodities, such as gold, silver, copper, rubber, and grains, fluctuated wildly in...Read More

Who invented the telephone?

Daily Trivia / May 29, 2025

Credit for inventing the electric telephone remains in dispute. There were several inventors who did pioneer experimental work on voice transmission over a wire and improved on each other's ideas. Innocenzo Manzetti, ...Read More