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on Feb 1, 2025

Built A Large Dam
Warned Of Invaders
Put His Finger In A Dike
Invented A Vaccine

Put His Finger In A Dike. Hans Brinker's father was a sluicer, or person in charge of closing gates on a canal.

Literature Trivia / December 21, 2025

Lean Mean Thirteen. Janet Evanovich's first book in the Stephanie Plum series is "One for the Money".

Literature Trivia / December 21, 2025

Native Americans. "Around the World in Eighty Days" was written by Jules Verne.

Literature Trivia / December 20, 2025

Henry Chinaski. Henry Chinaski was played by Mickey Rourke in the film "Barfly".

Literature Trivia / December 20, 2025

Restaurateur. Danny Meyer is the CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group.

Literature Trivia / December 19, 2025

Paris. In Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", Juliet's father wanted Paris to wait two years before marrying her, because she wasn't yet fourteen.

Literature Trivia / December 19, 2025

Nathaniel Hawthorne. "The House of Seven Gables" is about the Pyncheon family, who were the ancestors of novelist Thomas Pynchon.