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Friday, Apr 3 2026

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Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

  • 🏇 Pony up
  • 🧩 New puzzles
  • 📺 GOAT daytime soaps

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📜 April 3: On This Day in History

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Each of the following events happened on April 3. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

  • A) The first Pony Express mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously leaves Missouri and California. Ten days later, the westbound rider and mail packet completes the ~1,800-mile journey to California, beating the eastbound packet’s arrival by two days and setting a new standard for speedy mail delivery.
  • B) A Motorola engineer makes the first known call from a handheld cell phone. The 2.2-pound, brick-size device, called the DynaTAC, wouldn’t become commercially available for another decade.
  • C) Jesse James, one of America’s most famous criminals, is shot to death by fellow gang member Bob Ford for the reward money offered by authorities.
  • D) Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León arrives in Florida while searching for the fabled “Fountain of Youth” and claims the territory for the Spanish crown. He names the peninsula “La Florida” in honor of the Easter feast, or Pascua Florida.

Hint: The inaugural Pony express delivery had two teams

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🔗 Conjoiner: A DONUT Original Word Game

Milk’s favorite cookie

Just like a map, Conjoiner clues will only get you so far. Use your intuition and determination to uncover the complete puzzle.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Nabisco creme-filled cookie often dipped in milk”...

Play the sequence.

🧩 Puzzle Corner

Mini

You know, bunnies only lay eggs once a year. Solve the puzzle to fill your basket to the top.

Sudoku

Eggs are hidden, skies are blue; crack this grid, then go hunt too!

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

Who's the greatest gymnast of all time?

Some routines were perfect. Others changed what “possible” even looks like. Now, the top athletes are going head-to-head on GOATWars to determine the ultimate winner

Each vote builds your personal GOAT List, where you get to decide what greatness truly means.

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📺 THE GREATEST DAYTIME SOAP OF ALL TIME

  1. General Hospital
  2. All My Children
  3. Days of our Lives
  4. The Young and the Restless
  5. As the World Turns

The full list.

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

📜 Answers

D, A, C, B

  • D) 1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes lands on the Florida coast and claims the territory for the Spanish crown.
  • A) 1860 – The first Pony Express mail run begins.
  • C) 1882 – Notorious criminal Jesse James is shot to death by fellow gang member Bob Ford.
  • B) 1973 – A Motorola engineer makes the first known call from a handheld cell phone.
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