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Oddities

Hendrix the parrot is the Jimi Hendrix of swearing

July 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Hendrix the parrot is the Jimi Hendrix of swearing

Polly wants a cracker, and also to use every curse word in the book. The Forever Paws Animal Shelter in Massachusetts has come into possession of a parrot named Hendrix, who, as the organization describes in a Facebook post, […]

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Oddities

Billy the goat is the GOAT of evading capture

July 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Billy the goat is the GOAT of evading capture

If you want to capture Billy the goat, then you better be the GOAT — the greatest of all time — of animal control. So far, the animal control services of Fort Washington, Maryland, haven’t been up […]

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Oddities

Bar defends itself amid reports of ‘jiggling’ customer

July 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Bar defends itself amid reports of ‘jiggling’ customer

A bar in England drew complaints from a neighboring business over a reported patron who expressed herself in an enthusiastic manner. As the BBC reports, the opticians at The Spectacle Shop protested the proposed expanding hours of the nearby […]

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Lifestyle

Oklahoma woman turns sandwich into potato chips for $1 million

July 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Oklahoma woman turns sandwich into potato chips for $1 million

The next time you head to the store, you can pick up a bag of Lay’s Bacon Grilled Cheese potato chips, thanks to Sapulpa, Oklahoma, native Paula George.  She’s the winner of Lay’s Do Us a […]

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Entertainment

The Bear renewed for fifth season on FX

July 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The Bear renewed for fifth season on FX

Carmy’s coming back for more. The Bear has been renewed for a fifth season on FX. This renewal news comes a little over a week after season 4 dropped on June 25. John Landgraf, the chairman […]

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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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