Five Minute Trivia
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Five Minute Trivia
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Area 51
Area 51 is likely the most famous place in the world that you're not supposed to know about. It's part of countless alien movies, conspiracy theories, and often some combination of both. So what is it? Where is it? What really goes on there? An...
Einstein's General Relativity
In 1907, Albert Einstein had a thought experiment involving an unlucky window cleaner. It led to a scientific breakthrough that finally gave us an understanding of gravity, space, time, and the fabric that holds it all together. This was his th...
Route 66
A hundred years ago, Congress authorized the creation of an uninterrupted highway that stretched for 2400 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. And for 100 years, Americans have hit Route 66 in search of adventure, romance, and even the hope of a ...
D-Day
82 years ago this week, the Allied forces of World War II launched the largest seaborne invasion in history. Code-named Operation Neptune, it would mark the turning point of the war in Europe. How did it happen? Why did they choose the beaches ...
Einstein's Theory of Relativity
In 1905, a Swiss patent clerknamed Albert Einstein published a paper that upended our entire understanding of the universe. It explained supernovas, black holes, and even time travel. It also gave us E=mc2, probably the most famous equation eve...
