February 03, 2023
Jack Kerouac wrote On the Road during a 20-day marathon, typing it out on a single 120-foot-long scroll of paper. The unusual manuscript sold at auction for over $2.4 million in 2001.
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Famous Novels, First Lines Quiz
Can you identify these novels by their famous first lines?
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Feb 02
How accurate is a groundhog at predicting weather? -
Feb 01
Why is February Black History Month? -
Jan 31
What Nobel Prize field has the youngest winners? -
Jan 30
Did Ponce de León ever look for the Fountain of Youth? -
Jan 29
Does Earth have any way to avoid an asteroid? -
Jan 28
America tried to build a canal across what state? -
Jan 27
What else has been kept in Fort Knox? -
Jan 26
What famous people are buried at libraries? -
Jan 25
Elvis named his horse after what TV show? -
Jan 24
How many times can you fold a piece of paper?