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World Trivia
Interesting Trivia
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This 2-word idiom describes the frustrating experience when an author sits down to write but absolutely cannot think of what to say.
Writer's Block
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Literature, philosophy, history, and art belong to this broad academic branch of study, rather than the hard sciences.
Humanities
100
This noun describes a moment of sudden, profound revelation or realization.
Epiphany
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Standing at 2,717 feet tall in Dubai, this magnificent structure holds the record as the tallest building in the entire world.
Burj Khalifa
100
Thomas Edison is widely credited with inventing the first commercially practical, long-lasting version of this thing that illuminates our homes.
Incandescent Lightbulbs
200
If a business executive tells their team, "We need a completely unique strategy; we have to think _________ the _________," they mean the team needs to think creatively and unconventionally.
Think Outside the Box
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his four-letter medical acronym describes a neurodevelopmental condition that can make it difficult for both children and adults to focus, sit still, or control impulses.
ADHD
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a teacher uses an unusual, non-traditional method that completely ignores standard textbook styles, their method is described by this adjective.
Unorthodox
200
This ancient, colossal amphitheater located in the center of Rome, Italy, hosted gladiator battles and historic spectacles for centuries.
Roman Colosseum
200
Invented independently by both Johannes Gutenberg in Germany and earlier innovators in East Asia, this revolutionary machine allowed for the mass production of books.
Printing Press
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This 3-word expression describes the exact second you suddenly understand something or get a brilliant new idea.
A Lightbulb Moment
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In medical contexts, this adjective means a tumor or condition is harmless and not cancerous. In casual English, it just means kind or gentle.
Benign
300
This aromatic, costly tree resin has been burned as incense in religious rituals for thousands of years, dating back to ancient Egypt and Rome
Frankincense
300
This South American country contains the largest portion of the Amazon Rainforest and is the only nation in the Americas where Portuguese is the official language.
Brazil 🇧🇷
300
Found native to South America, this highly social, semi-aquatic mammal is famously recognized as the largest living rodent in the world.
Capybara
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this 4-word idiom means actively breaking traditional rules or behaving in a non-conforming way.
Color Outside the Lines
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This verb means to treat a specific group of people, condition, or behavior with great unfair disapproval or shame within society.
Stigmatize
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This formal noun means a point maintained or asserted in an argument.
Contention
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This famous 15th-century Incan citadel is located high up in the Andes Mountains of Peru and remained hidden from the modern world until 1911.
Machu Picchu
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In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered this miraculous substance which became the world's first effective antibiotic life-saving medicine.
Penicillin