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Daily Trivia

What would you eat for a South Chinese breakfast?

on Oct 19, 2024

A typical breakfast in South China would likely include rice porridge with slivers of fish, frog, or preserved egg. Also a breakfast favorite is hot soybean milk with onions.

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Is Conan more than a big, dumb barbarian?

Daily Trivia / October 19, 2024

Absolutely -- Despite his brutish appearance, Conan uses his brain as well as his brawn. Due to his travels abroad, he has vast experience in other trades, especially the thiefly one; he is also a talented commander, ...Read More

Why don't Pringles break when they're in that can?

Daily Trivia / October 19, 2024

The Pringles saddle shape chip surface was modeled after, and can be described mathematically by, a hyperbolic paraboloid, which is a form of quadric. This shape is distinctive in that it is curved at all points along its ...Read More

How do honeybees navigate?

Daily Trivia / October 19, 2024

Honeybees navigate using the sun as a compass, even when it is hidden behind clouds - they find it via the polarization of ultraviolet light from areas of blue sky.

Why don't you commonly see goat butter?

Daily Trivia / October 19, 2024

It is hard to manufacture butter from goats because the cream is dispersed in the milk.

Why did Albert Brooks change his name?

Daily Trivia / October 18, 2024

How many reasons are there for an entertainer to change his or her name? Here's an uncommon one: when your name is that of the father of relativity. Actor and director Albert Brooks started out in life named Albert ...Read More