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Thursday, May 21 2026

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Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

  • 🚨 Do you know how fast you were going?
  • 🧩 New puzzles
  • 🍴 GOAT mall food court chains

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📜 May 21: On This Day in History

Not so fast!

Image: Today in Connecticut History

Each of the following events happened on May 21. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

  • A) Connecticut becomes the first state to pass a law regulating motor vehicles, limiting their speed to 12 MPH in cities and 15 MPH on country roads.
  • B) Amelia Earhart becomes the first pilot to repeat Charles Lindbergh’s solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first female to do so. Earhart traveled 2,000+ miles from Newfoundland to Ireland in just under 15 hours.
  • C) The American National Red Cross is founded by Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons to provide humanitarian aid to victims of wars and natural disasters, in congruence with the International Red Cross.
  • D) The Flavr Savr tomato, the first genetically modified food product approved for human consumption in the US, debuts on grocery store shelves. Engineered to delay ripening, it cost 70 cents more per pound than conventional tomatoes.

Hint: Connecticut had 2 initial speed limits, city and rural

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🔗 Conjoiner: A DONUT Original Word Game

Farm to table

Today’s conjoiner is 100% homegrown. Solve the sequence and taste sweet non-GMO victory!

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Produced without synthetic pesticides or artificial additives, in farming contexts”...

Play the sequence here

🧩 Puzzle Corner

Mini

We bet that if you give today’s mini your best shot, you’ll prove victorious. Solve it and make both of us a winner.

Sudoku

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

What's the greatest bumper sticker of all time?

Image: GOATWars

Some made people laugh. Some made people furious. And some of these instantly told you exactly who the driver was.

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🏆 Tuesday's GOATWars Results: The Data Is Now In

🍴 GREATEST MALL FOOD COURT CHAIN OF ALL TIME

  1. Cinnabon
  2. Auntie Anne’s
  3. Panda Express
  4. Orange Julius
  5. Sbarro

Explore the full list.

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

📜 Answers

C, A, B, D

  • C) 1881 – The American National Red Cross is founded.
  • A) 1901 – Connecticut becomes the first state to pass a speed limit.
  • B) 1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to make a solo, nonstop transatlantic flight.
  • D) 1994 – The genetically modified Flavr Savr tomato debuts on grocery store shelves.
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