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Month: January 2025

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Washington

The Elephant in the Dome Podcast: Senate Republican Priorities, Budget Challenges and Transportation Funding

January 10, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The Elephant in the Dome Podcast: Senate Republican Priorities, Budget Challenges and Transportation Funding

From the Washington State Association of Broadcasters and Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington legislative session preview:

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Oddities

TP-ing your neighbor’s house no longer most dangerous use of toilet paper

January 10, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on TP-ing your neighbor’s house no longer most dangerous use of toilet paper

In what’s like the bathroom version of the “do not use the popcorn button” warning on the microwavable popcorn bag, a Japanese toilet maker is warning users to not use toilet paper to wipe its […]

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Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never be brought back to jail?

January 10, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never be brought back to jail?

In terms of drunken New Year’s Eve mistakes, letting a group of suspects free from police custody is probably up there. That was how Zambian police officer Titus Phiri spent the final day of 2024. According to […]

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Lifestyle

Retro coffee is social media’s latest trend

January 10, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Retro coffee is social media’s latest trend

Move over cold brew and matcha lattes, there’s a new coffee trend in town — but it’s not really new at all. The art of brewing espresso the old-fashioned way is making a major comeback, and […]

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Entertainment

The Los Angeles landmarks from film and TV damaged by wildfires

January 10, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The Los Angeles landmarks from film and TV damaged by wildfires

The high school where Brian De Palma brought Stephen King’s “Carrie” to life, Will Rogers’ ranch house and a motel owned by William Randolph Hearst are among some of the famous structures that have been damaged […]

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Thursday 12/18

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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What causes the holes in Swiss cheese?

Holes (or "eyes") in Swiss cheese are caused by carbon dioxide gas produced by Propionibacterium bacteria fermenting lactic acid during ripening, with tiny hay particles from traditional milking acting as nucleation points where the gas collects and forms bubbles, leading to the characteristic round openings. Modern, ultra-clean milking methods reduced hay particles, causing fewer holes, but adding hay dust back can restore them. 

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What caused the first computer bug?

The first documented computer "bug" was a literal moth that caused a malfunction in the Harvard Mark II computer in 1947. Engineers, including those involved with Grace Hopper, found the insect stuck in a relay, leading them to tape it in the logbook with the note, "First actual case of bug being found," popularizing the term "debugging" for fixing computer errors. 

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How many feet separate the bases in a regulation-sized baseball diamond?

In a regulation-sized baseball diamond (like MLB, high school, and NCAA), the bases are 90 feet apart, meaning the distance from home to first, first to second, second to third, and third to home (along the baseline) is 90 feet. This 90-foot distance is a standard for adult and professional play, though youth leagues use shorter distances (e.g., 60 feet for Little League Majors). 

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The song "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" was inspired by Stephen Stills' breakup with whom?

The song "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" by Crosby, Stills & Nash was inspired by Stephen Stills' breakup with fellow folk singer Judy Collins, with the lyrics expressing his feelings about their passionate but ultimately ending relationship from 1967-1969. Stills wrote the song as a musical suite, a play on words for "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes," referencing her famous blue eyes and their complicated romance, even including details like her therapy sessions in the lyrics. 

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What is the shape of the Milky Way?

The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy, shaped like a giant spinning pinwheel with a central bar of stars, from which spiral arms extend outwards, containing our Solar System on one of these arms (the Orion Arm). It has a central bulge, a disk, and a surrounding halo, with recent research suggesting it primarily has two main arms (Perseus and Scutum-Centaurus) that split, rather than four or more distinct arms as once thought. 

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