What contributed to Japan's longest traffic jam?

Daily Trivia / December 27, 2024

On August 12, 1990, Typhoon Winona, combined with the summer holiday rush, created the longest traffic jam in Japan's history, an 84-mile-long chaotic mess. About 15,000 vehicles were involved.

Why was the cash register invented?

Daily Trivia / December 27, 2024

James J. Ritty, owner of a tavern in Dayton, Ohio, invented the cash register in 1879 to stop his patrons from pilfering house profits.

What does the Green Man symbolize?

Daily Trivia / December 27, 2024

The Green Man motif has many different faces and variations. Found in many cultures around the world, the Green Man is often related to natural vegetative deities springing up in different cultures throughout the ages. ...Read More

How large is a cord?

Daily Trivia / December 26, 2024

A cord of wood is 128 cubic feet and usually measures 4 feet high, 4 feet, wide and 8 feet long.

How did the first tank come about?

Daily Trivia / December 26, 2024

The fighting conditions World War I prompted the British Army to begin research into a self-propelled vehicle which could cross trenches, crush barbed wire, and would be impervious to fire from machine-guns. Having already...Read More

How many people were in the first phone book?

Daily Trivia / December 26, 2024

The first telephone book ever issued contained only 50 names. It was published in New Haven, Connecticut, by the New Haven District Telephone Company in February, 1878.