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Which American soccer star ended a five-month scoring drought with a goal and an assist in a 3-2 World Cup warmup win over Senegal?
💡 Christian Pulisic
Who won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee after beating Ishaan Gupta in a lightning-round tiebreaker?
💡 Shrey Parikh
Which former Colorado elections clerk and conspiracy theorist was set to be released from prison after a sentence commutation?
💡 Tina Peters
Mixed bag
Tucked behind the stomach and pulling double duty as both a digestive gland and an endocrine organ, what is the name of the organ that produces insulin to regulate blood sugar?
💡 Pancreas
Signed in the French capital in December 1898, what peace treaty brought the Spanish-American War to a close, with Spain ceding Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States?
💡 Treaty of Paris (1898)
In a 1976 ruling that reshaped how America finances its elections, what Supreme Court case struck down limits on campaign expenditures as an unconstitutional restriction on free speech, while upholding limits on direct contributions to candidates?
💡 Buckley v. Valeo
On this date (1 June)
On June 1, 1980, which American cable news network launched its first broadcast, becoming the world's first 24-hour television news channel?
💡 CNN
On June 1, 1494, a Scottish monk named John Cor recorded the first known written reference to the production of what distilled alcoholic beverage in Scotland?
💡 Whisky
On June 1, 1916, the Battle of Jutland was still underway — the largest naval battle of World War I. Which two nations' fleets clashed in this engagement in the North Sea?
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