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Month: January 2025

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Oddities

Would-be mugger no match for 84-year-old’s pants

January 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Would-be mugger no match for 84-year-old’s pants

(NOTE LANGUAGE) If you’re a mugger who can be defeated by a pensioner swinging a pair of pants, then you may want to consider another line of work. According to the U.K.’s The Times, 84-year-old Ron Croker was cleaning his […]

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Oddities

Woman’s nose ring has nose for trouble

January 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Woman’s nose ring has nose for trouble

Here’s a helpful piece of life advice: if you have a nose ring, don’t try to stick your nose through the holes of a mesh chair. According to the Daily Mail, a woman in Indonesia did […]

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Oddities

The man pushed onto New York’s subway tracks says he will ride again

January 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The man pushed onto New York’s subway tracks says he will ride again

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who survived being shoved onto subway tracks ahead of an oncoming train said that in spite of the physical and psychological trauma, he eventually plans to make his way back to […]

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Lifestyle

Prices are up, but what’s cheaper may surprise you

January 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Prices are up, but what’s cheaper may surprise you

Sure, consumer prices were up 2.9% in December compared to a year ago, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But there is some good news: the new report shows a few things are cheaper. […]

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Entertainment

Reality TV couple sues the city of Los Angeles after losing home in fires

January 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Reality TV couple sues the city of Los Angeles after losing home in fires

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reality TV couple Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are suing the city of Los Angeles after losing their Pacific Palisades home in the wildfires that have torn through Southern California in […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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An amendment to the US Constitution must be ratified by what fraction of all the states?

An amendment to the United States Constitution must be ratified by three-fourths (3/4) of all the states. In the current 50-state union, this requires approval from 38 states for an amendment to become part of the Constitution.

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In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to move to the back of the bus?

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of going to the back of the bus, which was designated for African Americans, she sat in the front. When the bus started to fill up with white passengers, the bus driver asked Parks to move. She refused. Her resistance set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Who does Eddie Murphy trade places with in the 1983 movie "Trading Places"?

In the 1983 film Trading Places, Eddie Murphy's character, a streetwise con artist named Billy Ray Valentine, trades places with an upper-class commodities broker named Louis Winthorpe III, played by Dan Aykroyd.

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What is the soft, triangular, fleshy part of the inside of a horse's hoof called?

The soft, triangular, fleshy part on the underside of a horse's hoof is called the frog. This V-shaped structure is located between the heel bulbs and extends toward the toe, typically occupying about 25% to 33% of the hoof's bottom surface.

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Woodrow Wilson kept a herd of what animal to cut the White House lawn?

During World War I (starting in 1918), President Woodrow Wilson kept a flock of sheep to graze on the White House lawn. The flock, which grew to 48 sheep at its peak, was used to save manpower, provide natural fertilizer, and raise over $50,000 for the Red Cross by auctioning their wool.

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