Trivia For June 26, 2026

The character was created in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels written by Doyle. He also wrote fifty-six short stories the detective.

The rebellion was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901. The rebels were known as the "Boxers" in English due to many of its members having practised Chinese martial arts, which at the time were referred to as "Chinese boxing". It was defeated by the Eight-Nation Alliance of foreign powers.

With a diameter of 950 km (590 miles), Ceres is large enough to be categorized as a dwarf planet; the only one in the inner solar system. It was originally discovered in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi.

An elevator pitch is meant to last the duration of an elevator ride, which can vary in length from approximately thirty seconds to two minutes. The first two sentences of any elevator pitch are the most important, and should hook or grab the attention of the listener.

During the Manhattan Project, factories in Oak Ridge refined uranium in order to obtain a sufficient supply of uranium-235 in order to build an atomic bomb. Today, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Y-12 National Security Complex are both located in the city.