Good evening. Over the past five years, from September 2020 to September 2025:

• Shares of Nvidia, the explosively-growing darling of the AI industry, have increased 1,090%
• …while shares of Build-A-Bear Workshop, the plushie version of Frankenstein’s lab, have increased 1,935%.

This certainly gives new meaning to the term “bear market.”

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Each of the following events happened on September 2. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) Congress founds the US Treasury in hopes of controlling the nation’s debt. President George Washington names his former aide-de-camp, Alexander Hamilton of Hamiton fame, to head the new office, which with the US national debt currently sitting at $37+ trillion (~$109,000/American) hasn’t exactly lived up to its task.
• B) The first US ATM (automated teller machine) opens for business, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Centre, New York. These money machines—which handle many of the functions previously performed by human tellers, such as check deposits and money transfers between accounts—go on to become widely popular.
• C) The Great Fire of London begins accidentally in the house of the king's baker. It burns for four days and destroys a large part of the city—the third-largest in the Western world at the time—including Old St. Paul's Cathedral and ~13,000 houses.
• D) World War II officially comes to an end, as Japanese Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru and General Umezu Yoshijiro sign Japan's formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri.

Hint: If you want to surrender, pick #3

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…today’s Conjoiner sequence. Click to play below, then beware of banana peels and red shells.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “People forget this was Mario and Luigi’s profession”...

Mini

The feeling of completing today’s mini crossword has compared to reading a good book on a towel in the sand with the sound of waves crashing in the background. It’s that fulfilling.

• Play today’s puzzle here.

Sudoku

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Click to play any (or all) of the three GOATWars’ challenges below, then pick the GOAT through a series of head-to-head matchups. This data-driven process was developed to create definitive best-of-all-time lists using a more objective approach than random bloggers just publishing controversial opinions for clicks.

• 🤔 RANKING CHARACTERS FROM “PARKS AND RECREATION,” GREATEST TO LEAST
• 🏁 THE GREATEST MOTOR RACES OF ALL TIME
• 🎶 THE GREATEST BOB DYLAN SONGS OF ALL TIME

🤔 RANKING CHARACTERS FROM “THE OFFICE,” GREATEST TO LEAST

1. Michael Scott
2. Jim Halpert
3. Dwight Schrute

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🧑‍🍳 THE GREATEST COOKBOOKS OF ALL TIME

1. Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
2. The Barefoot Contessa by Ina Garten
3. Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, and Simone Beck

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♟️ THE GREATEST CHESS PLAYERS OF ALL TIME

1. Bobby Fischer
2. Garry Kasparov
3. Magnus Carlsen

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Note: Results are as of this newsletter's published time; these lists are dynamic and may change.

C, A, D, B

• C) 1666: The Great Fire of London begins accidentally in the house of the king's baker. It burns for four days and destroys a large part of the city—the third-largest in the Western world at the time—including Old St. Paul's Cathedral and ~13,000 houses.
• A) 1789: Congress founds the US Treasury in hopes of controlling the nation’s debt.
• D) 1945: World War II officially comes to an end, as Japanese Foreign Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru and General Umezu Yoshijiro sign Japan's formal surrender aboard the USS Missouri.
• B) 1969: The first US ATM (automated teller machine) opens for business, dispensing cash to customers at Chemical Bank in Rockville Centre, New York.