This planet rotates on its side, making its seasons last over 20 years each
Uranus
The Rosetta Stone was key to decoding this ancient writing system.
Egyptian hieroglyphics
This epic poem begins with the fall of Satan
Paradise Lost
This singer interrupted Taylor Swift’s MTV VMA speech in 2009.
Kanye West
This political rising star’s upset primary win in NYC energized over 10,000 young people to consider running for office.
Zohran Mamdani
The largest known volcano in the solar system is Olympus Mons, located on this planet.
Mars
This ancient wonder stood in Babylon and was said to be built for a queen
The Hanging Gardens
This Brontë novel tells the story of Jane Eyre and her mysterious employer.
Jane Eyre
This Shrek sequel introduced Puss in Boots
What is Shrek 2?
This grassroots protest movement, naming itself “50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement,” helped spark massive demonstrations under the slogan “Hands Off!”
50501 movement
This type of star ends its life in a violent collapse, sometimes leaving behind a neutron star or black hole.
supernova
This Greek historian, known as the “Father of History,” chronicled the Persian Wars.
Herodotus
In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, this character delivers the famous “To be or not to be” soliloquy.
Hamlet
This British TV series about time travel saw its revival in 2005
Doctor Who
This boycott strategy called for Americans to spend zero for a full day, as an act of protest against rollbacks of DEI policies.
Economic Blackout
This point in space is where a planet’s gravity balances with the Sun’s, allowing objects to “park” in orbit.
Lagrange point
This Mesopotamian king created one of the earliest written legal codes.
Hammurabi
This modernist work by T.S. Eliot begins, “April is the cruellest month.”
The Waste Land
This massively popular social media site was launched in 2004 and started as a way to rate women on their looks
This combative messaging style, coined in 2025, marks a shift toward unapologetically provocative and confrontational progressive tactics.
Dark Woke
The term for the faint glow left over from the Big Bang, still detectable today.
cosmic microwave background radiation
This sea battle in 480 BCE saw the Greeks defeat a much larger Persian fleet.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
What Shakespeare Play is loosely based on the Lion King
Hamlet
This 2004 internet animation featured a surrealist llama with a fondness for “muffins” and a tendency toward chaos.
Carrrrrrrl That's Llamas with Hats
This mega-rally tour, led by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, drew tens of thousands and emphasized fighting corporate influence.
Fighting Oligarchy Tour