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Monday, Jun 15 2026

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  • 📰 Missing minutes
  • 🧩 New puzzles
  • 🛝 GOAT playground equiment

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📜 June 15: On This Day in History

Executive exposé

Image: The Economist

Each of the following events happened on June 15. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

  • A) All the President’s Men, the first definitive book about the Watergate scandal, is published. The book is written by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporters who broke the story. Two months later, President Richard Nixon would resign from office in disgrace.
  • B) French physician Jean-Baptiste Denis performs the world’s first documented blood transfusion, giving blood from a sheep to a feverish boy. While the boy recovers, two other patients die from the procedure, leading to centuries-long bans on animal-to-human blood transfusions.
  • C) Bob Barker steps down as host of The Price Is Right after 30+ years as the face of the show. Fellow game-show host Drew Carey would take over hosting duties a few months later.
  • D) King John puts his royal seal on Magna Carta, or the “Great Charter,” following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule. The document, essentially a peace treaty between John and his barons, establishes the principle that everyone, including the king, is subject to the law.

Hint: Denis performed 2 successful transfusions in total

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🔗 Conjoiner: A DONUT Original Word Game

Spittin’ seeds

Think of today’s conjoiner as big, bright, and full of seeds (clues) just waiting to be cracked open. Spit out the correct answers to finish the sequence.

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “Tall flowering plant known for its large yellow bloom and edible seeds”...

Play the sequence here

🧩 Puzzle Corner

Mini

The answers to today’s mini are right above your head collecting dust. Climb up and dig through the clues to see if you can solve the puzzle.

Sudoku

A new week is rising, and skies are blue; build some momentum with a grid for you.

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

What's the greatest amusement park ride of all time?

Image: GOATWars

These are the rides you sprint towards when the park gates open, then immediately get back in line to do it again.

The top amusement park rides of all time are going head-to-head on GOATWars, where you decide what makes an unforgettable experience: family fun, nostalgia, or pure scream-inducing thrills.

Showdowns include:

Start your GOAT List

🎮 Games Guide: Free, Fun Activities

🚀 Little Rocketman: Hope you paid attention in geometry… Use angles and the correct propulsion to get the rocketman from level to level in order to save his stolen girlfriend.

🐧 Penguin Diner: Penny has lost her way and gotten stuck with not money. The only way she can get back is to make enough money working at the diner…can you help her?

✈️ Raiden X: Get in the cockpit and fight your way level to level in the arcade style dogfighting game. See if you can beat all the levels and make yourself an ace.

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

🛝 THE GREATEST PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT OF ALL TIME

  1. Swing set
  2. Merry-go-round
  3. Jungle gym
  4. Teeter-totter
  5. Spiral slide

Explore the full list.

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

📜 Answers

D, B, A, C

  • D) 1215 – King John puts his royal seal on Magna Carta.
  • B) 1667 – French physician Jean-Baptiste Denis performs the first documented blood transfusion.
  • A) 1974 – All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein is published.
  • C) 2007 – Bob Barker steps down as host of The Price Is Right.
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