How did blue chips get their name?

Daily Trivia / August 02, 2026

Secure, relatively high-yielding stocks came to be called blue chips, a term taken from the game of poker, where blue chips are more valuable than white or red chips.

What's our favorite snack?

Daily Trivia / August 01, 2026

Potato chips are the Number 1 selling snack in the United States. Statistics show that they accompany lunch 32 percent of the time and dinner 18 percent of the time.

Do moths eat clothing?

Daily Trivia / August 01, 2026

Moths – at least in the form we know them – are not responsible for damaging woolen clothing. Our wearables are attacked only by moths in the larval state, and then only by one family of moths, the Tineidae.

Who was the first divorcee in the White House?

Daily Trivia / August 01, 2026

Florence Harding, wife of Warren G. Harding, was the first divorcee to live in the White House as First Lady of the United States.

Which schools are the most preppie?

Daily Trivia / August 01, 2026

The "Top Ten Preppiest Student Bodies" according to the 2006 edition of the Insider's Guide to Colleges published by Yale Daily News: Babson College, Colgate University, Middlebury College, Princeton University, Rollins ...Read More

How are a penguin's bones different?

Daily Trivia / July 31, 2026

While the bones of most airborne birds are hollow for lightness, penguins are endowed with solid bones for ballast when they dive, sometimes to 850 feet or more.