History & Facts

If your Wisconsin trivia has gotten rusty since 4th grade social studies, we got you.

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Why do we Vote on Tuesdays?

What’s Sacred about Tuesday? Turns out… nothing. For almost 200 years, Americans have been voting on Tuesdays. We don’t really question it, but instead accept that by some act of fate Tuesdays are when we decide who represents us in

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Red, White, and Waubeka

Question: What does an unincorporated community less than three miles in size with a population of fewer than 700 have

Prohibition of… Margarine?

Wisconsin is known as “America’s Dairyland,” but that wasn’t always its bread and “butter.” Yes, we know Badgers love dairy,

Origin of the Cheesehead

Wisconsin and the Cheesehead hat just seem to go together like Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers or Vince

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