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Environmental Issues: Planet in Danger
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News & Society
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Environmental Issues: Planet in Danger

The Pacific's 7th plastic continent is 3 times the size of France, China emits 30% of global CO2, 150 to 200 species vanish every day. Test your knowledge of the numbers that count.

3 min
April 25th Through History
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History
MediumOn This Day

April 25th Through History

On 25 April 1974, carnations in rifle barrels ended 48 years of dictatorship in Portugal. It is also Tchaikovsky's birthday (1840) and the date of the first guillotine execution (Pelletier, 1792).

2 min
The Marauders: Prongs, Padfoot, Moony, Wormtail
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Movies
MediumHarry Potter

The Marauders: Prongs, Padfoot, Moony, Wormtail

James Potter as a stag, Sirius as a big black dog mistaken for the Grim, Peter hidden for 12 years as a rat at the Weasleys under the name Scabbers. Three illegal Animagi for Moony, bitten as a child by Fenrir Greyback.

2 min
Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
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Literature
MediumHarry Potter

Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows (Book 7)

Seven Potters on Polyjuice to leave Privet Drive, Mad-Eye killed by Voldemort, Slytherin's Locket destroyed by Ron in the Forest of Dean, and the Elder Wand changing master with every defeat. The grand finale.

2 min
True or False: Mythology & Legends
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Mythology & Legends
EasyTrue or False

True or False: Mythology & Legends

Thor is not the sun god (that's Sol), Poseidon is not the god of fire (that's Hephaestus), and the Minotaur really was half-man half-bull, locked in the Cretan labyrinth before Theseus killed him. Twenty statements to settle.

2 min
Which Museums Display These Works?
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Art
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Which Museums Display These Works?

The Mona Lisa at the Louvre since 1797, Guernica at the Reina Sofía since 1992 after 40 years at MoMA (Picasso refused its return before Franco's end), Starry Night at MoMA, and Vermeer at the Mauritshuis. Ten museums to find.

2 min
The Mythical Rivers of the World
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Geography
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The Mythical Rivers of the World

The Amazon holds 60% of its basin in Brazil and beats every flow record, the Thames runs 346 km with 60 through London, the Rio Grande traces 2000 km of US-Mexico border, and the Danube ends in the Black Sea.

1 min
FIFA World Cup: The Classics
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Sports
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FIFA World Cup: The Classics

Pelé remains the only player to win 3 times (1958, 1962, 1970). Zidane gave France its first title in 1998 before his headbutt on Materazzi in 2006. Test your classics.

1 min
Professional Culinary Techniques
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Food & Cuisine
Expert

Professional Culinary Techniques

Brunoise (2-3 mm dice), stirring to prevent skin forming, vegetables turned to 7 faces: the vocabulary chefs actually use in pro kitchens. Test your mastery.

5 min
Flags of Asia - The Obscure Ones
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Geography
HardFlags of the World

Flags of Asia - The Obscure Ones

Nepal's flag is the only non-rectangular one in the world, with two pennants for sun and moon. Cambodia's bears Angkor Wat, the only building on a national flag. 15 flags no one recognises.

3 min
April 14th Through History
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History
MediumOn This Day

April 14th Through History

On 14 April 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 pm. In 1865, Booth shot Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. In 1927, Volvo was founded in Gothenburg. Three centuries, one date.

2 min
Birds: Masters of the Sky
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Nature
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Birds: Masters of the Sky

The wandering albatross has a 3.70 m wingspan and glides without flapping. The hummingbird flies backwards at 80 beats per second. The ostrich runs at 70 km/h without leaving the ground.

1 min