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Spelled to Victory
Every Scripps National Spelling Bee champion since 1925: winning words that have left everyday English, a field that grew from 9 spellers to 567, a prize that lost most of its value for 60 years, and the former champions who now judge and pronounce. Then hear a winning word, ask for a definition or a sentence, and try to spell it.
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The Envelope, Please
All 621 Best Picture nominees since the first Academy Awards: the five names the prize has had, how long winners run, whether box office matters, and which winners people still look up. Tick the streaming services you have to see which of the 98 winners you can watch tonight.
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What We Name Our Babies
Every U.S. baby name the Social Security Administration has on record since 1880. Look up any name, see which pop-culture spikes stuck, which names switched from boys to girls, and how names have grown more diverse, with a state map and year slider for any name.
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Who Wins the Nobel
Every Nobel Prize since 1901: who wins, how old they are, where they come from, and how that has changed. Six charts, a 3D map of laureates' moves from birthplace to prize-winning work, and a portrait and Wikipedia link for every laureate.
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TIME Person of the Year
Every TIME Person of the Year honoree from 1927 to 2025, in a sortable table and five interactive charts: a world map by country, a streamgraph of categories, a timeline of the honor's wording, an age-at-honor beeswarm, and repeat honorees.
