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Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On August 11, 1973, a back-to-school party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx featured a young DJ who decided to extend the instrumental breaks of funk records using two turntables. This small…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the early 1930s, a strange-looking musical instrument emerged in Los Angeles — so oddly shaped that people nicknamed it the “Frying Pan.” It wasn’t designed for cooking, but to solve a problem…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #Shriram's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He was a poor shepherd but poverty didn't dampen his artistic creativity or his religious faith. Here is an image of words from Bible being carved on a stick by him. He was helped by his cousin, who used knowledge…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is Tariq Ibn Ziyad. He was an Umayyad commander who, in the early 8th century, led Muslim forces in the conquest of the present-day Spain and Portugal. The landing point, a rocky promontory where he…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Flora Shaw was one of the highest-paid women journalists of her time, writing extensively on politics and economics in the late 19th century. In a now-historic essay published in The Times on January 8,…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First World War was started on July 28th. Before the War, borders were relatively open, especially across Europe. But the chaos of war and the need for tighter control led to introduction of something.…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Born on screen on July 27, 1940, in a wartime America craving both laughter and resilience, this character quickly rose to become one of the most beloved — and subversive — cultural heroes of the 20th…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #FindingOrigins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This word is widely used across India today. Yet few realize it's not originally from Hindi or Marathi. In fact, those Indian-language terms borrowed from an Anglo-Indian adaptation. Its roots trace back to…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In a moment that reads like a blend of high diplomacy and historical irony, two men stepped ashore on the African coast in 1821—not with battalions, but with barrels of rum, gunpowder, tobacco, mirrors,…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On July 25th Louise Brown was born. Her middle name is Joy as her birth was supposed to bring lot of Joy across the world but there were critics who said, It was too strange. It was unnatural. It was…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The photo below captures a spontaneous exchange between U.S. Vice President (and future President) Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the opening of the American National Exhibition in…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD @bertyashley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hatley Castle in Canada has been used in movies the exterior of a certain famous school which brings together rare and talented individuals to train them to harness their powers productively in the world. It is…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On July 22, 1793, a statesman passed away whose name few recall — yet his signature appears on all four of America's foundational documents, a distinction no other person holds. He helped draft the…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial #RCS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On July 21, 1970, Egypt completed the Aswan High Dam — a project that revolutionized agriculture and energy in the region. But its construction posed a grave threat to ancient Nubian monuments, as…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #TamilCinema ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 1979 Tamil film Nangooram was the only screen appearance of this actor in an Indian film. He was a popular actor in his home country who turned to politics. In 1984 he broke away from an established…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial @Rajchanda77 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Casio launched the striking G-Shock MR-G MRGG2000BL-9A, inspired by his iconic yellow jumpsuit and legendary status — nearly 50 years after his sudden death on July 20, 1973. Though…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On July 19, 1936, a failed military coup escalated into a full-scale civil war in a European country, as major cities fell into the hands of rebel and loyalist forces. The conflict soon became a proxy…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On July 17, 1955, an ambitious idea turned into a chaotic media experiment — with overcrowding, logistical glitches, and intense heat. Yet, a live television broadcast of the launch event, hosted by…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #WhatMadeTodaySpecial ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The world's first atomic bomb was detonated on *July 16, 1945*, in the New Mexico desert. The test was given a now-famous code name. J. Robert Oppenheimer, inspired by a metaphysical poem written over…

Hello 👋 GenKwizzers! #Quiz #QoTD #Shriram's ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This globally recognized Italian dish has humble, yet heartwarming, origins in early 20th-century Rome. Legend has it that its creator first made it to encourage his wife, who was recovering from childbirth, to…