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Pursuing Trivia with Ken Jennings

HISTORY This Week

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What Is the Capital of Wisconsin?

What is trivia? It can be the odd fact, or it can be the pastime of trying to remember the odd fact. In his book, braniac jennings has a whole taxonomy of trivial questions based on the many that he's heard in his life. This practice of quizzing each other on knowledge that some would consider trivial, goes back a surprisingly long way.

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