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Month: August 2025

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Oddities

The future is here: Woman scans arm tattoo to buy Red Bull

August 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The future is here: Woman scans arm tattoo to buy Red Bull

While Red Bull gives you wings, this person’s tattoo gives you Red Bull. Well, sort of. Dew, of Switzerland, has a tattoo on her arm of a bar code the corresponds with the famed energy drink. […]

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The baa-ster of its fate: Sheep tours Chicago after escaping slaughterhouse

August 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The baa-ster of its fate: Sheep tours Chicago after escaping slaughterhouse

A sheep in Chicago decided to change its destiny. According to CBS News, the sheep was spotted running around the Windy City’s West Loop neighborhood after escaping a local slaughterhouse. Witnesses reported watching butchers trying to […]

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Thank you bear-y much for the sunflower seeds

August 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Thank you bear-y much for the sunflower seeds

We know from the tales of Winnie the Pooh that bears love honey, but they also apparently are fond of sunflower seeds. That’s what a resident of Worcester County, Massachusetts, found out when they discovered […]

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Lifestyle

How your favorite candy and gum may be changing next year

August 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on How your favorite candy and gum may be changing next year

Starting next year, Skittles, M&M’s, Starburst and Extra Gum will be available free of artificial colors to consumers nationwide. Mars Wrigley North America announced in July that products across four categories of its popular treats — […]

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Science / Health

Great white sharks are going north. Here’s what the numbers say

August 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Great white sharks are going north. Here’s what the numbers say

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — New data shows that great white sharks are spending more time in the chilly waters off New England and Canada’s Atlantic coast. That means boaters, beachgoers and fishermen who spend time in the […]

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Saturday 12/06

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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Alan L. Bean was famous as a what?

Alan L. Bean was famous as a NASA astronaut, the fourth person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 12 mission, and later as an artist who painted his unique space experiences, becoming the first artist to paint another world from firsthand knowledge. He was also the commander of the Skylab 3 mission, the second crew to live on America's first space station. 

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Which painting was stolen from the Louvre in 1911 and not returned for over two years?

The painting stolen from the Louvre in 1911 and missing for over two years was Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda), taken by an Italian handyman named Vincenzo Peruggia who hid it in his Paris apartment before attempting to sell it in Italy, leading to its recovery in 1913 and making it a global icon. 

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What is the dot in the "i" called?

The dot on top of the lowercase letter "i" is called a tittle. It is a small mark used in writing and printing to help distinguish the letters "i" and "j" from other letters with similar vertical strokes.  

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"Beauty and the Beast" was the first Disney film to do what?

Become a Broadway musical -- The film became Disney’s first foray onto the Big White Way. It was the first Disney Broadway production, debuting in 1994 and running for 13 years.

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Whose author's novel is the movie "The Godfather" based on?

The movie The Godfather is based on the bestselling 1969 novel of the same name, written by Mario Puzo, who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola. Puzo drew from his own family and extensive research to create the iconic story of the Corleone crime family. 

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