How much capacity does silicon have?

Daily Trivia / June 27, 2025

A chip of silicon a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a full city block.

What was Issac's unique achievement?

Daily Trivia / June 27, 2025

Isaac Asimov wrote more than 500 books during his lifetime (1920-1992). He has the honor of being the only person who has authored a book in each of the Dewey Decimal System classifications.

Do kids have more or fewer cavities today?

Daily Trivia / June 27, 2025

More than half of school-age children in the U.S. have no cavities in their permanent teeth, compared with only 26 percent who were cavity-free in the early '70s, the American Dental Association has reported.

Why did Roentgen win a Nobel?

Daily Trivia / June 27, 2025

In 1901, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen won the first Nobel Prize for physics. He noticed that certain rays caused paper coated with barium platinocyanide to glow, even when the paper was in the next room. Baffled by the mystery,...Read More

Where do most newspapers come from?

Daily Trivia / June 26, 2025

Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada.

Is anyone descended from Washington?

Daily Trivia / June 26, 2025

George Washington left no direct descendant. Though his wife Martha had four children by a previous marriage, Washington never sired a child to continue his family line.