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Tuesday, Mar 24 2026

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Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

  • 🤵🏻 Keep it in the family
  • 🧩 New puzzles
  • 🍪 GOAT scents

…and much more.

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📜 March 24: On This Day in History

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Image: The Godfather/Paramount Pictures

Each of the following events happened on March 24. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

  • A) The Godfather, a three-hour epic chronicling the lives of the Italian-American crime family led by the powerful Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), is released in theaters nationwide.
  • B) Robert Koch gives a lecture at the Berlin Physiological Society where he introduces the basis of germ theory. To this day, his work plays an important role in identifying the microorganisms linked with diseases.
  • C) Halle Berry becomes the first Black woman to win the Best Actress Academy Award for her role in Monster’s Ball portraying a struggling widow who falls in love with her husband’s death row executioner.
  • D) One of the worst oil spills in US history begins when supertanker Exxon Valdez runs aground on a reef in southern Alaska. Roughly 11 million gallons of oil eventually spill into the water, eventually polluting 700+ miles of coastline.

Hint: Monsters Ball is the last and only Oscar Halle Berry has won

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🔗 Conjoiner: A DONUT Original Word Game

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Mess with today’s Conjoiner hint and you might end up wearing some concrete shoes. Solve the sequence and show your loyalty to the family.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Organized crime syndicate associated with mob bosses and families”...

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🧩 Puzzle Corner

Mini

Let today’s mini take a little of that harsh sunlight off of you. Keep your cool while driving forward to solve the puzzle below.

Sudoku

Need a break or just a clue? Solve this puzzle all the way through.

🐐 GOATWars: A Data-Driven Process to Determine the Best

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🍪 THE GREATEST SCENTS OF ALL TIME

  1. Freshly baked cookies
  2. Coffee brewing
  3. Bacon cooking
  4. Pine/Christmas tree
  5. Popcorn at the movies

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

📜 Answers

B, A, D, C

  • B) 1882 – Robert Koch introduces the basis of germ theory.
  • A) 1972 – The Godfather is released in theaters nationwide.
  • D) 1989 – The Exxon Valdez runs aground off the coast of Alaska, causing one of the worst oil spills in US history.
  • C) 2002 – Halle Berry becomes the first Black woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress.

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