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Month: April 2025

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Oddities

Speedy Gonzales arrested for crime other than speeding

April 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Speedy Gonzales arrested for crime other than speeding

A man by the name of Speedy Gonzales has been arrested, but not, ironically, for speeding. The Buford, Georgia, resident, who shares a name with a very fast cartoon character, was instead taken in on felony shoplifting […]

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Oddities

Where’s the beef? Running through Pennsylvania, apparently

April 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Where’s the beef? Running through Pennsylvania, apparently

An unusual sight definitely had Pennsylvania residents exclaiming, “Holy cow!” As ABC affiliate WPVI reports, a herd of about 25 cows got loose from a farm in Bucks County and descended upon the local neighborhood of Doylestown. “I […]

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Oddities

How do you move a bookstore? One book at a time

April 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on How do you move a bookstore? One book at a time

As the old saying goes, the best way to eat an elephant is one bit at a time. As it turns out, a similar philosophy helps in moving the contents of a bookstore. No, nobody was […]

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Lifestyle

Remember boat shoes? You can wear ’em again, ’cause they’re trendy

April 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Remember boat shoes? You can wear ’em again, ’cause they’re trendy

The boat shoe has officially sailed back into style, and it’s charting a new course for spring 2025. Once reserved for prep school weekends and yacht decks, the silhouette is now turning heads on the […]

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Entertainment

Autopsy confirms Gene Hackman died from heart disease, notes his Alzheimer’s and prolonged fasting

April 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Autopsy confirms Gene Hackman died from heart disease, notes his Alzheimer’s and prolonged fasting

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The main cause of Gene Hackman’s death was heart disease, but he was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease and likely had not eaten for a long time, […]

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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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