Trivia For May 2, 2026

The nearby area has been inhabited from approximately 7000 BC. Later in the 2nd century BC, Petra would become the capital of the Nabataean Kingdom. Eventually it was abandoned and became unknown to outsiders until a Swiss traveler rediscovered it in 1812.

The logo was inspired by Chi-Chi, a panda that livedat the London Zoo in the 1960s, when the WWF was founded. It was designed by Sir Peter Scott based on sketches by Gerald Watterson.

The film is now widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. In 2022, it placed in the top ten of Sight & Sound's decennial critics' poll, and topped their directors' poll.

Using the pseudonym "Richard Saunders", Benjamin Franklin published Poor Richard's Almanack annually from 1732 to 1758. It contained a calendar, weather forecasts, and witty sayings, proverbs, and advice on industry, prudence, and morality. It was a bestseller in colonial America.

The Battle of Britain was fought in the skies over the UK in the summer and fall of 1940 (if you include the Blitz it was fought until May 1941); Battle of Midway occurred in the Pacific in early June 1942; the Battle of Stalingrad was fought from July 17, 1942 to February 2, 1943.