Sporcle is founded on January 30th and the first Sporcle quiz is created later in the summer - Name the US Presidents. 2010 The first flagship app on IOS is released for Sporcle. 2013 Great Lakes Trivia is acquired and is rebranded as Sporcle Live. 2013 Sporcle crosses the one billion pla...
Related post:The Most Forgotten US Presidents When James A. Garfield won the Republican nomination for president in 1880, Arthur was nominated for vice president. And when Garfield died a few months into his presidency after suffering a gunshot wound, Arthur would ascend to the presidency. However...
You might have noticed anew featurethat popped up on Sporcle last night. While you’ve had the ability to add your school info to your profile for some time, we’ve decided to incorporate that data into a wonderfully complicated BCS-style ranking system. Check out the top 25 for the week...
Here’s the thing, with a lot of impressive animals, people like to frame things in terms of “how fast could they do a marathon” or look at how long the animal can maintain an arbitrary speed. But those animals still gettired,and the goal is to find animals that can just keepgoing...
Of all the terrible airport things to have to sit through, sitting on the plane while it’s in the air is probably the least-bad part. Until you land and for some reason sit at the gate for 10 years before you can deplane and now everyone is standing up for absolutely no reason. ...
Humans have always had a unique ability to use symbols as a way to communicate with one another. It’s one of the things that sets us apart from other animals on this planet. Whether done through cave paintings or large images placed on the landscape, these pictures tell a story. ...
actually fixing its negative effect on the democratic process isfar more difficult. There are plenty of legitimate reasons for changing voting districts, so outlawing the ability of governments to do that altogether is simply not feasible. However, it may be necessary to revise the terms of chang...
Why Do We Measure Engines in Terms of Horsepower? Ultimately, “horsepower” became a popular unit of measure because it was easy for people to understand during the time period. Horses were common, engines were not – so Watt devised a way for the layman to understand just how powerful his...