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Daily Trivia

Where does an elf owl nest?

on Sep 23, 2026

The smallest of American owls, the elf owl, often nests in the Gila woodpecker’s cactus hole after the woodpecker leaves. The owl measures barely 6 inches tall. It specializes in catching scorpions, seizing each by the tail and nipping off its stinger. It then swallows the scorpion’s body, pincers and all.

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What contemporary invention mimics the first steam engine?

Daily Trivia / September 23, 2026

A device invented as a primitive steam engine by the Greek engineer Hero, about the time of the birth of Christ, is used today as a rotating lawn sprinkler.

How much water does the Amazon carry?

Daily Trivia / September 22, 2026

About two-thirds of the world's fresh water flows out of the Amazon River in South America. The amount is so immense that fresh water can be found on the sea surface 40 miles from the river's mouth.

How did the first tank come about?

Daily Trivia / September 22, 2026

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

Is it hard to kill a starfish?

Daily Trivia / September 22, 2026

It would appear so -- A species of starfish known as the Linckia columbiae can reproduce its entire body that is, grow back completely from a single severed pieces less than a half-inch long.