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• 🦍 The eighth wonder
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🏎️ GOAT F1 drivers

…and much more.

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In Thursday’s PM send, we accidentally swapped two options (B & C) between the question and answer segments for On This Day in History.

Apologies for the mistake, and thanks to everyone who wrote in.

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

• A) The landmark monster movie King Kong holds its world premiere; in addition to pioneering special effects by Willis O'Brien, it’s the first significant feature film to star an animated character.
• B) Theodor Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. Seuss, is born. He would go on to write 48 books—including titles like “The Cat in the Hat” and “Green Eggs and Ham”—that have sold a combined 200+ million copies worldwide.
• C) Pioneer 10, the world’s first outer-planetary probe, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to Jupiter. The next year, after traveling 620 million miles and successfully navigating the asteroid belt, Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter and sends back the first-ever close-up images of the spectacular gas giant.
• D) Philadelphia Warriors C Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points against the New York Knicks during a home game in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It marks the first—and only—time a US pro basketball player has scored 100 points in a single game.

Hint: Pioneer 10 is powered by four generators

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Today’s Conjoiner is an interstellar challenge. Can you orbit through and align the answers to solve the puzzle?

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “The Sun and its orbiting planets”...

Mini

Today’s mini is simply electrifying! You must ground yourself first in order to complete the puzzle below.

• Play today’s mini crossword here.

Sudoku

A brand-new week, a fresh debut. Start it strong with a grid to do.

• Play today's puzzle here.

Some picture books shaped how you learned to read. Others helped show you how to feel. In this game, you get to choose your absolute favorites.

Every vote builds your personal GOAT List, ranking which books carry the most nostalgic value.

Matchups include:

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar 🆚 Goodnight Moon
• Where the Wild Things Are 🆚 The Cat in the Hat
• Love You Forever 🆚 The Giving Tree

...and much more.

🏎️ THE GREATEST F1 DRIVERS OF ALL TIME

1. Michael Schumacher
2. Ayrton Senna
3. Max Verstappen
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Niki Lauda

Explore the full list.

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

B, A, D, C

• B) 1904 – Dr. Seuss is born. His first career bestseller, The Cat in the Hat, would be released in 1957, or 20 years after he first started publishing books.
• A) 1933 – King Kong holds its world premiere. The film's stop motion effects by Willis H. O'Brien would leave a lasting impact on the film industry, inspiring other genre films like Godzilla and Jurassic Park.
• D) 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points against the New York Knicks.
• C) 1972 – Pioneer 10, is launched on a mission to Jupiter. It contains a small gold-anodized plaque with drawings and communications intended for any other intelligent life in the galaxy.

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