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Since going public in 1997, this company shifted from an online bookstore to a dominant global e-commerce and cloud computing giant, returning early investors over 310,000%.
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The 2022 Oscars brought us one of the most shocking live television moments in history when this actor walked onto the stage and slapped presenter Chris Rock over a joke, permanently altering his public standing and resulting in a multi-year Academy ban.
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In 1957, this now-defunct nation launched Sputnik 1, which was the first human-made object put into Earth orbit.
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Constellations help in navigation by acting as reliable, fixed maps in the night sky. The star Polaris sits nearly straight above Earth's North Pole and is commonly referred to as this.
What is The North Star?
This is the imaginary line that circles the Earth at 0° latitude.
What is the equator?
From its 1980 IPO and its near-bankruptcy low points in the 1990s, this company scaled into a multitrillion-dollar colossus driven by personal computing and the iPhone.
What is Apple Inc. (AAPL)?
In 2009, this elite golfer's pristine, family-friendly public image imploded overnight following a chaotic car accident outside his home that exposed a massive web of extramarital affairs, costing him major sponsorships and his marriage.
Who is Tiger Woods?
This spaceflight was NASA's seventh crewed lunar mission and was the title of the 1995 blockbuster film containing the famous quote from pilot Jack Swigert, "Houston, we have a problem".
What is Apollo 13?
This belt-shaped region of the night sky contains the 12 famous constellations from Aries (The Ram) all the way to Pisces (The Fish).
What is the zodiac?
While latitude measures distance north or south of the equator, this measures distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.
What is longitude?
Public since 1999, this company boasts one of the highest annualized compound growth rates in history (over 37% per year), fueled by pioneering the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that has become the essential hardware foundation used to train large language models, deep learning systems, and generative AI applications like ChatGPT.
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In June of 1995, this former American football star and actor's double-murder trial became an inescapable global media event.
Who is O.J. Simpson?
In 1969, this spaceflight blasted off from Kennedy Space Center on the historic first manned mission to the surface of the moon.
What is Apollo 11?
This famous shape of stars is not actually a constellation, but instead an asterism (a star shape) that is part of the Ursa Major constellation.
What is the Big Dipper?
One degree of latitude is always about 69 miles. One degree of longitude is 69 miles at the Equator, but shrinks to zero miles at these two locations.
What are the North and South poles?
Publicly traded since 1919, this beverage company created generations of long-term millionaires through steady appreciation and uninterrupted dividend payouts.
What is Coca-Cola (KO)?
In 2004, this lifestyle guru's empire shook when she was indicted and subsequently served prison time for Insider Trading, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators regarding a stock sale.
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On July 20th, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon, and in what remains the high-water mark of human crewed travel beyond Earth, this astronaut gave us the famous "giant leap for mankind" quote.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This famous group of three bright, evenly spaced stars (Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka) form a straight line at the middle of the Orion constellation.
What is Orion's Belt?
Latitude starts at 0° at the equator. For longitude, countries used to use their own capital cities as 0°. However, in 1884, they finally agreed to use the Royal Observatory as 0°, which is located in this famous English city.
What is Greenwich, London?
Since its 1995 IPO, this beverage company has delivered a staggering total return of over 810,000%, making it the top-performing stock across multi-decade periods.
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In 1990, this singing duo (Fab Morvan and Rob Pilarius) won the Best New Artist Grammy, only to confess they did not sing a single note on their hit records, leading to the first-ever Grammy revocation.
What is Milli Vanilli?
On August 20th, 1975, NASA launched this orbiter and lander towards Mars, which later became the first spacecraft to successfully land on the planet's surface.
What is Viking 1?
There are five commonly visible planets from Earth that can be seen in the night sky without a telescope. This one is the brightest and most easily seen planet, most distinct in twilight hours near sunrise or sunset.
What is Venus?
This imaginary line located at approximately 180° longitude serves as the dividing line between one calendar day and the next. When you cross the this line from east to west, you subtract one day, and when you cross from west to east, you add one day. This line helps to maintain a consistent and standardized system of timekeeping across different regions of the world.
What is the International Date Line?