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Oddities

Life is a highway, part 2: Stranded for six hours

December 26, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Life is a highway, part 2: Stranded for six hours

An Atlanta woman was stranded on the side of a highway for a quarter of a day due to good old-fashioned bureaucracy. According to WSB-TV, Latonya Rojas was driving down Georgia’s I-285 when she got in an accident with […]

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Oddities

This apartment features one bedroom & one unlicensed dentist

December 26, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on This apartment features one bedroom & one unlicensed dentist

Going to the dentist is always an unpleasant experience, especially if you’re also cramped into someone’s one-bedroom apartment. That was apparently a service offered by 70-year-old Gladys Serrano, of Long Island, who WABC reports is accused of operating an […]

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Lifestyle

Show me the money! How to find out if you have unclaimed cash

December 26, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Show me the money! How to find out if you have unclaimed cash

Across the nation, more than $20 billion is waiting to be reclaimed by citizens who may not even know they’re owed cash from “unclaimed property,” which can include uncashed paychecks, refunds or deposits. “It turns […]

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Entertainment

Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they’re tuning out

December 26, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Americans are exhausted by political news. TV ratings and a new AP-NORC poll show they’re tuning out

NEW YORK (AP) — As a Democrat who immersed himself in political news during the presidential campaign, Ziad Aunallah has much in common with many Americans since the election. He’s tuned out. “People are mentally […]

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Entertainment

‘Baby Driver’ actor Hudson Meek, 16, dies in a fall from a moving vehicle

December 26, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on ‘Baby Driver’ actor Hudson Meek, 16, dies in a fall from a moving vehicle

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — Teenage actor Hudson Meek has died after he fell out of a moving vehicle in Alabama, authorities said. Meek, 16, was hurt on Dec. 19 while on a street in […]

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Wednesday 3/25

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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Which commemorative US state quarter depicts salmon leaping in front of a mountain on its reverse side?

The 2007 Washington state quarter features a king salmon leaping from the water in front of a majestic view of Mount Rainier. Released on April 2, 2007, as the 42nd coin in the 50 State Quarters Program, the reverse side celebrates the "Evergreen State" and its natural landscape.

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Who was the first female to be featured on the front of a Wheaties box?

Gymnast Mary Lou Retton was the first female athlete to be featured on the front of a Wheaties box, appearing in 1984 after her gold-medal performance at the Los Angeles Olympics. While other women appeared on the packaging earlier, Retton was the first to grace the front of the box

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What movie contains the line: "Hold me like you did by the lake on Naboo"?

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What is the name of the chemical compound that makes peppers hot?

Capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) is a toxin that is the main active component of chili peppers and gives them their distinct pungent, "spicy" or "hot" taste.

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In music, how should a section labeled as "fortississimo" be played?

A section labeled fortississimo (abbreviated as fff) should be played "very, very loudly" or "extremely loudly". It represents one of the loudest dynamic markings in music, requiring maximum volume, intensity, and power, often reserved for dramatic, climactic, or intense moments.

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