Rabbithole - Hints & Answers - Aug 12, 2026
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Today's Rabbithole
Today's puzzle by Drew Goins for The Atlantic.
The Egyptian city of Alexandria was famous across the ancient world for housing what type of institution?
Books about stamp collecting are found at call number 383.2 under the library system named for what man?
Huey, Dewey, and Louie are the nephews of what more-famous relation?
Donald Duck is portrayed as an American Pekin, a breed that originated in what country?
Whereas Europe had iron, what weaker material made up the imaginary “curtain” that divided China from noncommunist neighbors?
Bamboo is commonly used to make rayon, a smooth fabric first developed as a cheaper alternative to what textile?
Before forming their silk cocoons, silkworms traditionally eat the leaves of what bush?
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