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3/18/26

[Answer] Which company offered Joe DiMaggio a bonus if his 56-game hitting streak went one more game?

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...Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, the longest in baseball history, began on May 15, 1941 and ended on July 17. DiMaggio confided to a teammate after the game that by failing to get a hit he had also lost $10,000 promised to him by Heinz ketchup for matching the number “57” featured on their labels. The Heinz Corporation reportedly offered Dimaggio a bonus in that amount for endorsing their popular “Heinz 57” products had the streak reached 57 games. "The Streak", as it has come to be known captivated the country for two months and added to the legend of the great Joe DiMaggio.

3/17/26

[Answer] What U.S. city dyes its river bright green each year for St. Patrick’s Day?

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...Each year since 1962, the city of Chicago has celebrated St. Patrick’s Day by dyeing the Chicago River a vivid shade of green. The tradition began when local plumbers used a special vegetable-based dye to trace pollution in the river and discovered it produced a brilliant emerald color. Today, the dyeing of the Chicago River has become one of the city’s most famous holiday traditions, drawing thousands of spectators and tourists each year and kicking off Chicago’s large St. Patrick’s Day parade and weekend-long celebrations.

[Answer] What is the name of the largest diamond ever discovered in the United States?

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...The Uncle Sam Diamond is the largest diamond ever discovered in the United States. It was found in 1924 at the Prairie Creek volcanic pipe in Arkansas, the site that is now the Crater of Diamonds State Park. The rough diamond weighed an impressive 40.23 carats and was later cut into a 12.42-carat emerald-cut gem. Arkansas is unique in North America because it is one of the few places where diamonds are naturally found at the surface, and the park allows visitors to search for diamonds—and keep any they find—making it a popular destination.

3/16/26

[Answer] The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs is believed to have landed where?

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...The asteroid impact widely believed to have caused the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago struck near the Yucatán Peninsula along the edge of the Gulf of Mexico. The collision created the massive Chicxulub crater, a buried impact site roughly 110 miles wide beneath the Gulf of Mexico. The impact triggered shockwaves, global wildfires, and vast clouds of dust that blocked sunlight and disrupted Earth’s climate for years. The event marked the end of the Cretaceous Period and led to the extinction of about 75% of Earth’s species, including the non-avian dinosaurs.

[Answer] Which William Shakespeare play includes the line, “Beware the ides of March”?

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...March 15 is known as the “Ides of March,” a date that became infamous in ancient Roman history. The phrase “Beware the Ides of March” comes from the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. In 44 BC, the day gained lasting notoriety when Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of conspiring senators. Ancient historian Plutarch wrote that a seer had warned Caesar that danger would come to him no later than the Ides of March. Shakespeare famously dramatized this moment, portraying a mysterious soothsayer cautioning Caesar to “beware the Ides of March.”