Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

• 💳 How AmEx was born
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🖼️ The GOAT internet memes

…and much more.

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Each of the following events happened on October 1. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) American Express launches its first credit card, a purple paperboard card designed to give travelers more flexibility. Approved AmEx users could purchase airline, steamship, and cruise tickets with one caveat: They had to pay back the balance in full every month. The company goes on to debut its first plastic charge card seven months later.
• B) A 64-year-old gunman opens fire on a Las Vegas music festival from his hotel room, killing 60 people and wounding 850+ others before taking his own life. It surpasses the Pulse nightclub shooting as the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
• C) The Walt Disney World Resort—a complex that features attractions based on the stories and characters created by the Disney Company—opens in Orlando. Disney World now hosts 50+ million guests/year, laying claim to the most-visited vacation resort in the world.
• D) Yosemite National Park—home of natural wonders like Half Dome, El Capitan, and giant sequoia trees—is established by an act of Congress. It eventually becomes one of the most heavily visited national parks in the country, attracting ~4 million visitors/year.

Hint: There’s just one stop between the two attractions above (don’t worry, if you get it we won’t take credit).

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You may have to trim a little off your ego for today’s Conjoiner sequence, but it’ll grow 10-fold afterwards. Grab the shears and give it a shot.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “‘Cutting branches/stems to promote new growth”...

Mini

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• Play today’s mini crossword here.

Sudoku

Pencil in digits, give it a spin—when the boxes are full, that’s a win.

• Play today's sudoku puzzle here.

Click to play any (or all) of the three 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.

• 🍬 THE GREATEST HALLOWEEN CANDY OF ALL TIME
• 🎃 THE GREATEST HALLOWEEN MOVIES OF ALL TIME
• 🎄 THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES OF ALL TIME

🖼️ THE GREATEST INTERNET MEMES OF ALL TIME

1. Success Kid
2. Doge
3. Grumpy Cat

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🍿 THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL MOVIES OF THE ‘80S

1. Back to the Future (1985)
2. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
3. The Breakfast Club (1985)

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🚀 RANKING CHARACTERS IN ‘FUTURAMA,’ GREATEST TO LEAST

1. By a wide margin: Bender (voiced by John DiMaggio)
2. Fry (Billy West)
3. Leela (Katey Sagal)

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Note: Results are as of the published time; these lists are dynamic and may change.

D, A, C, B

• D) 1890: Yosemite National Park is established by an act of Congress.
• A) 1958: American Express launches its first credit card.
• C) 1971: The Walt Disney World Resort opens in Orlando.
• B) 2017: A 64-year-old gunman opens fire on a Las Vegas music festival from his hotel room, killing 60 people and wounding 850+ others before taking his own life. It surpasses the Pulse nightclub shooting as the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.