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		<title><![CDATA[Why do foods explode in the microwave?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some foods "explode" in the microwave due to trapped steam. Eggs, butter, and margarine have internal water that, when microwaved, turns to steam and splatters the food all over the inside of the oven. It is imperative to cover these foods well ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sep/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What did Marilyn do to popularize artichokes?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1948, on her way to movie stardom, Marilyn Monroe stopped in a Salinas, California, jewelry store to reign over a diamond ring promotion. Among her many fans that day were members of the California artichoke industry, who thought it would be ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sep/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are dingoes simply wild dogs?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dingoes have features in common with both wolves and modern dogs, and are regarded as more or less unchanged descendants of an early ancestor of modern dogs. Adult dingoes are typically 19–23 inches tall at the shoulders, and weigh on average 50...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sep/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why do geese fly in 'V?']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Migrating geese fly in a V-formation to save energy. A goose's wings churn the air and leave an air current behind. In the flying wedge, each bird is in position to get a lift from the current left by the bird ahead. It is easier going for all, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sep/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why would you undo a sex-change?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the spring of 2000, it was reported that a 25-year-old Tehran transsexual, who had just undergone extensive surgery to become a woman, said he wanted to change back to a man after realizing just how poorly women are treated in Iran.
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    <pubDate>Sep/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What did Elizabeth scratch?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Queen Elizabeth I of England, using a diamond, scratched the following message on her prison window: "Much suspected of me, Nothing proved can be."
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    <pubDate>Sep/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does the brain feel pain?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pain from any injury or illness is always registered by the brain. Yet, curiously, the brain tissue itself is immune to pain; it contains none of the specialized receptor cells that sense pain in other parts of the body. The pain associated with ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sep/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When does the Krampus come out?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traditionally young men dress up as the Krampus in Austria, southern Bavaria and South Tyrol during the first week of December, particularly on the evening of December 5th, and roam the streets frightening children with rusty chains and bells
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    <pubDate>Sep/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How much energy does the sun produce?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sun produces more energy every minute than all the energy used on Earth in a whole year.
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dailytrivia/s-712213</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Where is the time ball?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The official time ball for the U.S. is on top of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. As early as 1845, the U.S. Navy dropped a time ball every day at noon from atop a building on a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. People from many ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dailytrivia/s-335530</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why are female sharks so thick-skinned?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The hides of mature female blue sharks are more than twice as thick as those of males, probably as a protection against courtship bites.
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    <pubDate>Sep/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is the moon hot or cold?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Both -- The temperature on the Moon reaches 243 degrees Fahrenheit at midday on the lunar equator. During the night, the temperature falls to -261 degrees Fahrenheit.
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    <pubDate>Sep/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What's one of France's favorite beverages?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[French consumers drink an average 88 servings of Coca-Cola® products per year.
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    <pubDate>Sep/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How long is a chameleon's tongue?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The chameleon, a small lizard generally measuring 6 or 7 inches, has a tongue several inches longer than its body. With a thrust of this remarkable appendage, it can catch insects some 10 inches away.
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/dailytrivia/s-259695</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Which product was first with a UPC?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first product to have a UPC bar code on its packaging was Wrigley's gum.
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    <pubDate>Sep/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Did Lucy start on radio?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Television's "I Love Lucy" began as a radio show - My Favorite Husband, in which Lucy played the scheming, middle-class wife of a bank vice president. CBS wanted to move the show to television - but almost scrapped the idea because of Lucy's ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sep/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is American Gothic one of America's most famous paintings?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Possibly, although it's certainly one of the most parodied. American Gothic is one of the most reproduced, and parodied, images ever. Many artists have replaced the two people with other known couples and replaced the house with well known houses....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sep/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will Somalis tell you where to stick your chewing gum?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Somalia, Africa, it's been decreed illegal to carry old chewing gum stuck on the tip of your nose.
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    <pubDate>Sep/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Which cereals did Rocky and Bullwinkle shill for?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[TV’s popular cartoon duo Rocky and Bullwinkle represented a number of General Mills cereals from 1959 to 1970: Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs, Jets, and Trix.
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    <pubDate>Sep/24/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Which airline served the first cocktail?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[On October 17, 1949, Northwest Airlines became the first airlines in the United States to serve alchoholic beverages in flight.
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    <pubDate>Sep/24/2026</pubDate>
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