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Oddities

The tortoise and the scare: Reptile escapes from high school enclosure

March 18, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The tortoise and the scare: Reptile escapes from high school enclosure

This tortoise attempted a slow and steady escape. Georgia’s Hinesville Police Department reports that the reptile got loose from its enclosure at a local high school. According to the department’s Facebook, the tortoise “made it a surprising […]

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Oddities

Dash making a hissing sound? Maybe check for snakes

March 18, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Dash making a hissing sound? Maybe check for snakes

We’ve heard of a brake inspection, but what about a snake inspection? That’s what a driver in Florida needed after discovering a python slithering through the dashboard of their car. Instead of stopping at a […]

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Lifestyle

Experts weigh in as more beauty brands market makeup for kids as young as 3

March 18, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Experts weigh in as more beauty brands market makeup for kids as young as 3

Experts are weighing in on the growing trend of young girls using makeup and the companies choosing to market their products to children as young as 3. Yamalis Diaz, a clinical child and adolescent psychologist […]

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Entertainment

An AI-rendered Val Kilmer will posthumously appear in a new film

March 18, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on An AI-rendered Val Kilmer will posthumously appear in a new film

NEW YORK (AP) — A year after the actor’s death, a generative AI version of Val Kilmer will co-star in an independent film, in one of the boldest uses yet of artificial intelligence in moviemaking. First Line […]

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Entertainment

Oscar ratings fall 9% in Conan O’Brien’s second year hosting

March 18, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Oscar ratings fall 9% in Conan O’Brien’s second year hosting

The 98th Oscars hosted by Conan O’Brien saw a dip in ratings after several years of gains. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday said that just under 17.9 million viewers tuned into Sunday’s show, which aired live on ABC […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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The last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was in what restaurant commercial?

Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a famous international television commercial for Pizza Hut in 1997. The ad, which originally aired in 1998, was shot in Moscow and featured the former Soviet leader visiting a Pizza Hut restaurant in Red Square with his granddaughter.

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Who was Sherlock Holmes’s assistant?

Sherlock Holmes' legendary assistant, biographer, and roommate is Dr. John H. Watson. A former British Army doctor wounded in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, Watson serves as Holmes’s emotional anchor, moral compass, and the first-person narrator for the vast majority of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.

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What popular toy was invented by taking empty pie plates are throwing them in the air?

The Frisbee is the popular toy you are thinking of. College students in the 1930s and 1940s (famously at Yale University) would toss empty pie tins from the Frisbie Pie Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The students would yell "Frisbie!" to warn others of the incoming tins. This popular pastime inspired inventor Walter Morrison to create a better-flying plastic version. The toy company Wham-O bought the design in 1955, and eventually released it under the name "Frisbee" as a tribute to the pie company that started the craze. 

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What reddish-colored ant common in the southern U.S. delivers painful, venomous stings that can cause severe allergic reactions?

The red imported fire ant (or simply the fire ant) is the reddish-colored ant common in the southern U.S. that delivers painful, venomous stings capable of causing severe allergic reactions.

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What is the only US state with an official jelly?

Louisiana is the only US state with an official state jelly. In fact, it has two: mayhaw jelly and Louisiana sugar cane jelly, which were both officially adopted by the state legislature in 2003. 

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