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Daily Trivia

How old is the Thoroughbred horse?

on Dec 17, 2024

The breed of the Thoroughbred horse is only about 300 years old, although horse racing has been popular in England since Roman times, and can be traced back to Central Asia among prehistoric nomads.

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How many spiders are in your yard?

Daily Trivia / December 17, 2024

There is an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas. Essential to the balance of nature, spiders annually consume a hundred times their number in insects.

Can fish walk?

Daily Trivia / December 16, 2024

The mudskipper is a fish that can actually walk on land.

How many feathers in a shuttlecock?

Daily Trivia / December 16, 2024

Olympic badminton rules say that the shuttlecock has to have exactly 16 feathers. The best shuttles are made from the feathers from the left wing of a goose.

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Where is the fastest ocean current?

Daily Trivia / December 16, 2024

The Agulhas current in the western Indian Ocean is the fastest ocean current in the world. Even so, its speed is only 6 miles per hour.

Where was the world's first underground railway?

Daily Trivia / December 15, 2024

The world's first underground railway, between Paddington (Bishop's Road) and Farringdon Street - with trains hauled by steam engines - was opened by the Metropolitan Railway on January 10th 1863. The initial section was ...Read More