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Daily Trivia

What makes the Praying Mantis so special?

on Jun 17, 2025

Praying mantids are one of the few insects that can turn their heads. They have excellent vision, and hunt insects (and sometimes small vertebrates) by stealth and a rapid striking attack. No mantis is poisonous.

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How many different types of apples are there?

Daily Trivia / June 17, 2025

There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world. The apples from one tree can fill 20 boxes every year. Each box weighs an average 42 pounds.

Who manufactured Hale's lens?

Daily Trivia / June 17, 2025

Hale's 100 inch lens built in the early 1900s was the largest solid piece of glass made until then. The lens was made by a French specialist who poured the equivalent of ten thousand melted champagne bottles into a mold ...Read More

Where are you unlikely to find a white elephant sale?

Daily Trivia / June 16, 2025

The white elephant is the sacred animal of Thailand.

Was the Iwo Jima flag raising photo staged?

Daily Trivia / June 16, 2025

Following the second flag raising, Rosenthal had the Marines of Easy Company pose for a group shot, which he called the "gung-ho" shot. A few days later he was asked if he had posed the photo. Thinking the questioner was ...Read More

What would you get if you asked for Mary Jane?

Daily Trivia / June 16, 2025

The name "Mary Jane" is not only used for little girls; it’s also a kind of sugar candy and a style of shoe, as well as a nickname for marijuana.

Would you snack on bouillon cubes?

Daily Trivia / June 16, 2025

The bouillon cube was once a common snack food in early America. Beef or veal stock was boiled down until it reached a hard jelly texture. The hard cakes didn't spoil, and trappers and hunters nibbled on them when tramping...Read More