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Month: March 2025

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Oddities

Blobfish, redeemed: Former ‘world’s ugliest animal’ named New Zealand’s Fish of the Year

March 27, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Blobfish, redeemed: Former ‘world’s ugliest animal’ named New Zealand’s Fish of the Year

The tide has turned for the blobfish. The deep-sea creature has fought back from being deemed the “world’s ugliest animal” to earn the title of New Zealand’s Fish of the Year. The annual prize is presented by […]

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Oddities

Avast, ye founder of Pirate’s Booty! You will not be mayor of Sea Cliff, Long Island.

March 27, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Avast, ye founder of Pirate’s Booty! You will not be mayor of Sea Cliff, Long Island.

Avast, ye founder of Pirate’s Booty! You will not be mayor of Sea Cliff, Long Island. Robert Ehrlich, the creator of the puffed corn and rice snack, had declared that he was the rightful leader […]

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Lifestyle

Consumers turn to potatoes, marshmallows and more egg alternatives for Easter decorations

March 27, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Consumers turn to potatoes, marshmallows and more egg alternatives for Easter decorations

From dying to decorating, Easter festivities are typically filled with eggs. This year, however, with consumers more conscious than ever about the price of eggs, some are looking to alternatives. Although egg prices have dropped […]

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Entertainment

Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, celebrated at stamp ceremony in Los Angeles

March 27, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Betty White, TV’s Golden Girl, celebrated at stamp ceremony in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty White is making her mark on the nation’s snail mail. The beloved actor of “The Golden Girls” fame was celebrated with a new U.S. Postal Service stamp at a first-day-of-issue ceremony at […]

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Entertainment

Ed Sheeran confirms new album Play will be followed by Pause, Rewind, Fast-Forward and Stop

March 27, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Ed Sheeran confirms new album Play will be followed by Pause, Rewind, Fast-Forward and Stop

Ed Sheeran has not only confirmed that his new album is indeed called Play — represented by a right-facing triangle that looks like the “play” button on a stereo — but that it’ll be followed by another string of albums […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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