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Which Hawaiian volcano erupted with lava fountains reaching up to 1,000 feet, forcing park and highway closures on the Big Island?
💡 Kilauea
Which former Nixon aide, who famously disclosed the existence of the White House taping system during the Watergate scandal, recently died at the age of 99?
💡 Alexander Butterfield
Gustavo Dudamel is starting as the new music director of which famous American orchestra, with his tenure opening at Radio City Music Hall?
💡 New York Philharmonic
Mixed bag
How many sides does a hexagon have?
💡 6
What is the term for the point in a planet's orbit at which it is closest to the Sun?
💡 Perihelion
Named after a 16th-century English financier, what economic principle holds that when two forms of currency circulate together, the one perceived as less valuable will drive the more valuable one out of circulation?
💡 Gresham's Law
On this date (12 March)
On March 12, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his famous radio addresses to the American public. What were these broadcasts commonly called?
💡 Fireside Chats
On March 12, 1989, British scientist Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal to CERN that would eventually lead to the creation of what global information system?
💡 The World Wide Web
On March 12, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi began a famous act of civil disobedience against British colonial rule by leading a march to the sea to make salt. What is this protest commonly called?
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