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Which Dodgers superstar led MLB jersey sales heading into opening day for the third consecutive season?
💡 Shohei Ohtani
Dash Crofts, who died at 87, was one half of which 1970s soft-rock duo known for 'Summer Breeze'?
💡 Seals and Crofts
Which country has emerged as an unexpected mediator between the United States and Iran amid fears of a wider regional conflict?
💡 Pakistan
Mixed bag
Tucked inside every leaf and blade of grass, what is the name of the green pigment that captures sunlight and makes photosynthesis possible?
💡 Chlorophyll
Named after the German mineralogist who devised it in 1812, what scale ranks the hardness of minerals from 1 for the softest (talc) to 10 for the hardest (diamond)?
💡 Mohs scale
Upending the dream of perfect measurement, what principle of quantum mechanics holds that the more precisely a particle's position is pinned down, the less precisely its momentum can be known — and vice versa?
💡 Heisenberg uncertainty principle
On this date (29 March)
On March 29, 1973, the last U.S. combat troops withdrew from which country, effectively ending direct American military involvement in a long and controversial war?
💡 Vietnam
On March 29, 1973, the last American prisoners of war were released from captivity in North Vietnam under the terms of which peace agreement signed earlier that year?
💡 Paris Peace Accords
On March 29, 1461, one of the bloodiest battles ever fought on English soil took place during the Wars of the Roses near a village in Yorkshire, resulting in a decisive Yorkist victory. What is the name of this battle?
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