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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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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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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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Wednesday 7/29

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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Where did the world's first commercial flight travel to?

The world's first scheduled commercial airline flight traveled from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Tampa, Florida. 
On January 1, 1914, pilot Tony Jannus flew the inaugural route across Tampa Bay for the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line.

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"The Da Vinci Code" repeats the myth that the glass pyramid in front of the Louvre consists of how many panes?

The Da Vinci Code repeats the urban legend that the main glass pyramid outside the Louvre Museum consists of 666 panes of glass, framing it as a satanic number. In reality, the structure contains 673 individual glass panes (603 rhombi and 70 triangles).

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Which national park is widely recognized as the world's first national park?

The world's first modern official national park is Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

Yellowstone National Park (Official Modern First)
  • Location: Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, USA
  • Date Established: March 1, 1872
  • Founder: Signed into law by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant
  • Size: 2.2 million acres (3,472 square miles)
  • Key Features: Famous for holding half the world's active geysers (including Old Faithful) and abundant wildlife like bison and wolves.

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What was the original brand of cereal pitched by BuzzBee?

BuzzBee (or simply Buzz) was introduced alongside and pitched for Honey Nut Cheerios when the cereal launched by General Mills in 1979. He has never represented any other original brand of cereal.

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What common aquarium fish is named for the naturalist who discovered it in Trinidad in 1876?

The common aquarium fish is the guppy (Poecilia reticulata), though historical records note the discovery in Trinidad actually occurred in 1866 (not 1876) by the British-born naturalist Robert John Lechmere Guppy, who sent specimens to the Natural History Museum in London.

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