Plus: Checks and balances… ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Tuesday, May 26 2026

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Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

  • 🧛 Read between the fangs
  • 🧩 New puzzles
  • 🚗 GOAT bumper stickers

…and much more.

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📜 May 26: On This Day in History

The Vampire Diaries

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Each of the following events happened on May 26. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

  • A) Bram Stoker’s horror novel Dracula goes on sale in London. It’s written in an epistolary format, presenting the plot via a series of letters, diary entries, and newspaper clippings. Editors had lopped off the first 101 pages from the manuscript and altered the text to seem less "real," since London has a serial killer on the loose at the time.
  • B) The US Senate narrowly fails to convict President Andrew Johnson of impeachment following a two-month trial. Senators are ultimately one vote shy of the two-thirds majority needed to convict Johnson, who remains in office.
  • C) The last-ever Model T is produced at Ford. Henry Ford and his son Edsel drive the 15 millionth Model T out of their factory to mark the occasion.
  • D) British and Allied troops begin evacuating from the French seaport of Dunkirk. A total of 338,000+ Allied soldiers are evacuated over the next 10 days, in an operation dubbed the “Miracle of Dunkirk.”

Hint: Evacuation is always a last resort

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🔗 Conjoiner: A DONUT Original Word Game

Checks and balances

Today’s Conjoiner has a motto: no one is above the law. Follow your way through the clues to build your case.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “To charge a sitting public official (i.e. US President) with misconduct or a crime in office”...

Play the sequence here

🧩 Puzzle Corner

Mini

Bald is beautiful in today’s mini—and patriotic to boot. Solve the clues and fly your way to victory.

Sudoku

Flags wave high and skies stay blue; come back from break with numbers true.

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

What's the greatest fictional bar/restaurant of all time?

Image: GOATWars

You’ve never actually been to these places, but they still somehow feel familiar.

Now the top fictional hangouts are going head-to-head on GOATWars to decide which bar/restaurant rises to the same iconic level as the characters themselves.

Showdowns include:

Start your GOAT List

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

🚗 THE GREATEST BUMPER STICKER OF ALL TIME

  1. Stick figure family
  2. Coexist
  3. Calvin peeing
  4. Baby on board
  5. My other car is a ___

Explore the full list.

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

📜 Answers

B, A, C, D

  • B) 1868 – The Senate narrowly fails to convict President Andrew Johnson of impeachment.
  • A) 1897 – Bram Stoker’s horror novel Dracula is published.
  • C) 1927 – Ford produces its last-ever Model T.
  • D) 1940 – British and Allied troops begin evacuating from the French seaport of Dunkirk.
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