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How Knowing That Cleopatra Lived Closer to the Moon Landing Than to the Pyramids Made Someone Cool at a Party
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How Knowing That Cleopatra Lived Closer to the Moon Landing Than to the Pyramids Made Someone Cool at a Party

Random trivia used to be the domain of dusty pub quiz nights and that one uncle who wouldn't stop talking at Thanksgiving. But something shifted. Facts went viral, Gen Z claimed trivia as their love language, and suddenly knowing obscure information became genuinely, unironically cool. Here's how it happened.

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