Broke or Not? / No. 30
Card No. 30
Saturday, October 24, 2026. This is today's card. Play it first, the answers are below.
The answers
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Since 1882
A narrow gauge steam train in the Colorado mountains
Still goingThe Durango and Silverton still runs the 45 miles between the two towns. The line was built in nine months and five days, and steam engines have worked it since the 1880s.
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Since 1956
As the World Turns, a CBS daytime soap
Done for 2010As the World Turns ended September 17, 2010, after 54 years and 13,858 episodes. In 1956 it was the first daytime drama to run 30 minutes.
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Since 1982
France's Minitel, a text terminal wired to the phone line
Done for 2012Shut down June 30, 2012. France handed out the terminals free, and about 810,000 were still around when the network closed.
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Since 1793
The US Mint making pennies for circulation
Done for 2025The Philadelphia Mint struck the last circulating pennies on November 12, 2025. By 2024, each one cost nearly 4 cents to make.
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Since 705
A hot spring inn in the mountains of Japan
Still goingNishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has taken guests since 705. The founding family ran it for 52 generations, counting adopted heirs, until 2017, when no relative wanted the job and the general manager took over. Its hot spring pumps about 1,000 liters of naturally heated water a minute.