The inventor who accidentally created a breakfast empire

Trivia of the Day

Which breakfast cereal was invented by accident when a patient at a sanitarium left boiled wheat sitting out overnight?

1. Grape-Nuts
2. Wheaties
3. Puffed Wheat
4. Cheerios

Answer: Grape-Nuts — Despite its name, Grape-Nuts contains neither grapes nor nuts—C.W. Post named it for its grape-sugar content and nut-like flavor.

Word of the Day

serendipity noun · ser-en-DIP-i-tee

The occurrence of finding valuable or delightful things by chance; a happy accident

“It was pure serendipity when she discovered the vintage bookshop while lost in the rain—she found the first edition she'd sought for years.”

Joke of the Day

Why did the grammar teacher go to the beach?

To work on her tan-gent and catch some proper rays!

This Day in History

1804 — Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey, ending the life of one of America's founding fathers and beginning Burr's own political downfall.