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Month: April 2025

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Oddities

Raccoon stuck in a storm drain? Try a laundry pod!

April 27, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Raccoon stuck in a storm drain? Try a laundry pod!

It turns out laundry pods have another use other than just helping to clean clothes. No, not that. As the Holyoke Police Department in Massachusetts reports, a good Samaritan named Fernando Rivera Jr. was able to rescue a raccoon stuck […]

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Oddities

Oh no! Staten Island homeowner blames broken fence on Kool-Aid Man challenge

April 27, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Oh no! Staten Island homeowner blames broken fence on Kool-Aid Man challenge

A viral online trend allegedly has vandals saying “Oh yeah!” to property damage. As NBC New York reports, a Staten Island homeowner blames their broken fence on the so-called Kool-Aid Man challenge, in which participants are channeling […]

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Lifestyle

Middle-age adults in US are lonelier than in most other countries

April 27, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Middle-age adults in US are lonelier than in most other countries

American adults are hitting peak loneliness years before retirement, something not seen in most other countries, according to a new study. The study included a sample of more than 64,000 adults ages 50 and older across […]

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Science / Health

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues

April 27, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues

DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) — The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical legacy. Nguyen […]

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Sports

Cal Raleigh hits 10th homer, Logan Evans wins in debut as the Mariners beat the Marlins 7-6

April 27, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cal Raleigh hits 10th homer, Logan Evans wins in debut as the Mariners beat the Marlins 7-6

SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh tied for the major league lead with his 10th home run, Logan Evans won his MLB debut and the Seattle Mariners beat the Miami Marlins 7-6 on Sunday. Connor Norby’s […]

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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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