Air Travel
This budget airline, known for its bright yellow planes, and its cheap, but fee-heavy, prices shut down in May 2026, largely due to skyrocketing fuel prices.
Spirit Airlines
This U.S. President, a former peanut farmer and carpenter from Georgia was renowned for his humanitarian work, human rights advocacy, volunteer work with organizations like Habitat for Humanity, and work to promote peace across the world. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
Jimmy Carter
After scoring a hattrick against Algeria on June 17, this player, regarded by many as the best active player in the world, tied the tournament's all-time goal record.
Lionel Messi
Produced by Walt Disney Animation in 1937, this was the first hand-drawn animated feature film.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Perhaps the most famous restaurant brand in the world, this fast food chain's "golden arches" point the way to the nearest Happy Meal.
McDonald's
In 2010, Continental Airlines united with this U.S.-based competitor for around $8.5 billion, creating the world's largest airline by passenger capacity and number of planes.
United Airlines
This President, who is more famous for leading the nation through a major war, was the first President to bring pet cats to the White House.
Abraham Lincoln
As of 2026, this country has hosted three FIFA World Cups - the most of any nation.
Mexico
In 1995, this California-based computer company produced the first full length feature film to have been animated completely with CGI.
Pixar
Despite its Texan branding, this famous restaurant chain, which is known for the best yeast rolls known to man, actually opened its first restaurant in Indiana and is based out of Louisville, KY.
Texas Roadhouse
Coming in at an average of 19 hours, and covering a whopping 9,537 miles, the longest active, direct, non-stop commerical flight in the world by mapped distance connects New York's JFK to this destination in southeast Asia.
Singapore
Calvin Coolidge is famous for not having been famous at all. Known as "silent Cal," he was a strikingly boring President in most respects, except for the fact that he and his wife kept this unusual, shiny-object-loving animal as a pet.
Rebecca the Raccoon
The 2026 World Cup has the most host nations of any world cup to date (3), but this record will be shattered again in 2030, when, because of another joint hosting bid and celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the first World Cup, games will be played in this many countries.
6 (Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina)
Coraline, Wallace & Gromit, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Chicken Run were all produced using this animation technique.
Stop-Motion Animation
Founded in 1949 after splitting from the company that became Puma, this shoe and clothing brand is distinguished by the inclusion of three solid stripes in its designs.
Adidas
This airline's logo is a heart with three red, yellow, and blue stripes that is meant to represent Love Field, the Texan airfield from which it flew its first flight in 1971.
Southwest Airlines
In 1948, Harry S. Truman pulled off one of the most surprising electoral upsets in U.S. history, defeating NY Governor George Dewey, who had been projected to win by a landslide, 303 to 189. This led to a famous photograph being taken of Truman holding up a copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune with this headline.
"Dewey Defeats Truman"
This is the only country to have qualified for every World Cup since the tournament began in 1930.
Brazil
Studio Ghibli, known for beautifully drawn films like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and My Neighbor Totoro, is one of the world's most prestigious animation studios. Many of its greatest films predate the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, though. Having been nominated 7 times, this is the number of times that Studio Ghibli has won Best Animated Feature since it was first awarded in 2001.
2 (Spirited Away 2002, The Boy and the Heron 2023)
The largest publishing house in the United States is named after, and represented by, this bird.
Penguin
Covering about 12,176 miles and lasting roughly 25.5 hours outgoing and 29 hours on the return (including a two-hour layover in Auckland), the world's longest direct commercial flight connects Shanghai, China, to this city.
Buenos Aires, Agentina
This President, who accepted and dedicated the Statue of Liberty in 1886, is the only President to have been married in the White House. Until 2024, he was also the only President to have served non-consecutive terms in office.
Grover Cleveland
The first ever FIFA World Cup goal was scored at the 1930 Uruguay World Cup by a player from this country.
France
This Brisbane-based animation studio created the beloved children's animated series Bluey in association with BBC Studios and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Ludo Studios
MIT is the majority owner of this Massachusetts-based tech company known for, among other things, its innovations in the realm of noise canceling headphones.
Bose