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Throughout history, trivia has always been more than a game.

In ancient Greece, scholars tested each other’s wit in symposiums. In 12th-century Baghdad, thinkers debated questions in bustling libraries. Even in medieval Europe, monarchs used riddles and logic games to assess the sharpness of their advisors.

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The Mona Lisa Vanishes

🎙️ Marquee Event of the Day

August 21, 1911 – Leonardo’s Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre

On this day, three Italian handymen disguised as museum workers stole the world’s most enigmatic painting. The theft turned the Mona Lisa into a household name, and into an icon of both art and mystery.

📌 Why This Matters

The Mona Lisa was not always the world’s most famous painting. It was this very theft, and the media frenzy it ignited, that elevated her to superstar status. The story reveals how myth, media, and mystery can shape cultural memory more than the art itself.

🎯 Why Does this Matter?

The Louvre closed for a full week. People lined up just to see the blank spot where the painting had once hung. Even Picasso was questioned. Sometimes, it takes losing something for the world to realize just how much it matters.

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