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Nordstrom to be acquired by Nordstrom family and a Mexican retail group in $6.25 billion deal

December 23, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Nordstrom to be acquired by Nordstrom family and a Mexican retail group in $6.25 billion deal

Century-old department store Nordstrom has agreed to be acquired and taken private by Nordstrom family members and a Mexican retail group in a $6.25 billion deal with the industry being squeezed by discount chains and other competition. […]

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AI will eavesdrop on world’s wildest places to track and help protect endangered wildlife

December 23, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on AI will eavesdrop on world’s wildest places to track and help protect endangered wildlife

PUERTO JIMÉNEZ, Costa Rica (AP) — The endangered Geoffrey’s spider monkeys that dangle high in the rainforest canopy are elusive and hard for scientists to track. So biologist Jenna Lawson hid 350 audio monitors in […]

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Middle East latest: Defense minister acknowledges Israel killed Hamas leader

December 23, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Middle East latest: Defense minister acknowledges Israel killed Hamas leader

JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take similar action against the leadership of the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. The comments by […]

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Relief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden’s death row commutations

December 23, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Relief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden’s death row commutations

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions shared a range of emotions on Monday, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens […]

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Man faces murder charges in the death of a woman who was lit on fire in New York City subway

December 23, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Man faces murder charges in the death of a woman who was lit on fire in New York City subway

A man is facing murder and arson charges in New York City for allegedly setting a woman on fire inside a subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames, police […]

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Saturday 12/06

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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Alan L. Bean was famous as a what?

Alan L. Bean was famous as a NASA astronaut, the fourth person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 12 mission, and later as an artist who painted his unique space experiences, becoming the first artist to paint another world from firsthand knowledge. He was also the commander of the Skylab 3 mission, the second crew to live on America's first space station. 

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Which painting was stolen from the Louvre in 1911 and not returned for over two years?

The painting stolen from the Louvre in 1911 and missing for over two years was Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda), taken by an Italian handyman named Vincenzo Peruggia who hid it in his Paris apartment before attempting to sell it in Italy, leading to its recovery in 1913 and making it a global icon. 

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What is the dot in the "i" called?

The dot on top of the lowercase letter "i" is called a tittle. It is a small mark used in writing and printing to help distinguish the letters "i" and "j" from other letters with similar vertical strokes.  

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"Beauty and the Beast" was the first Disney film to do what?

Become a Broadway musical -- The film became Disney’s first foray onto the Big White Way. It was the first Disney Broadway production, debuting in 1994 and running for 13 years.

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Whose author's novel is the movie "The Godfather" based on?

The movie The Godfather is based on the bestselling 1969 novel of the same name, written by Mario Puzo, who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola. Puzo drew from his own family and extensive research to create the iconic story of the Corleone crime family. 

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