The Royal Quiz

Dmitri Mendeleyev presented his periodic table of elements at the Russian Chemical society on March 6, 1869. His table was based on increasing atomic weight. It was not, however, the first attempt at organizing the elements. In 1864, Lothar Meyer published a table with the placement of 28 elements.

There’s more to Pythagoras than his theorem, you know. He established his own religious group, living a secretive existence of vegetarianism and Apollo worshiping. They were called the ‘Pythagoreans’, and are believed to have influenced subsequent secretive groups with great influence, such as the Freemasons and other secret societies. And if you believe certain conspiracy theories, it might explain why certain pop stars like THAT shape so much – no names being mentioned.

One of the most famous and shortest stories ever written is six words long: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” For a long time, the story was attributed to the writer Ernest Hemingway; however, versions of the story first appeared when Hemingway was only 7.