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Oddities

Australian city hopes to break world record with eight-times 76 trombones in big parade

July 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Australian city hopes to break world record with eight-times 76 trombones in big parade

While there were famously 76 trombones in the big parade, it’ll take a lot more than that to break a world record. The city of Ipswich, Australia, believes it did just that by gathering more […]

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Oh, fairway? We thought you said bear-way

July 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Oh, fairway? We thought you said bear-way

This bear is going from cub to clubs. Video obtained by CTV News shows a bear picking up a loaded golf bag with its mouth and running away with it at a course in British Columbia, Canada. The video […]

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Be prepared: Zoo successfully handles wildebeest incident

July 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Be prepared: Zoo successfully handles wildebeest incident

While not as scary as the stampede that killed Mufasa, patrons at the Fort Wayne Zoo in Indiana recently went through their own wildebeest-related ordeal. According to WANE, one of the zoo’s exhibits was evacuated after […]

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USPS releases 10 new Barbie stamps featuring different occupations

July 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on USPS releases 10 new Barbie stamps featuring different occupations

Ten new Barbie stamps are now available from the U.S. Postal Service. The new stamp set features the iconic Barbie doll dressed in 10 outfits that depict different occupations, including an astronaut, music star, paleontologist, […]

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Avengers: Doomsday trailer assembles Marvel universe to defeat Doctor Doom

July 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Avengers: Doomsday trailer assembles Marvel universe to defeat Doctor Doom

The Avengers assemble in the official trailer for Avengers: Doomsday. Marvel and Disney released the new trailer for the upcoming superhero film on Monday. The film follows “beloved heroes from three distinct universes” who are “set on a […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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Who received an Oscar for directing the 1986 movie "Platoon"?

Oliver Stone received the Academy Award for Best Director for the 1986 film Platoon at the 59th Academy Awards in 1987.

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From what language did English borrow the word "glitch"?

English borrowed the word "glitch" from Yiddish (via the Yiddish word glitsh, meaning "slippery place," and glitshn, meaning "to slip" or "to glide"), with potential roots or parallel influences in German (glitschen).

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Which of these cable cop shows did Matthew McConaughey co-star in for one season?

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Carolina has established itself as the best team in the NHL so far this season. What is the team's name?

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Which of these actually gets most of its bright color from its leaves, not its flowers?

Poinsettia.  The large, vibrant red parts of a poinsettia that most people mistake for petals are actually modified leaves called bracts. The true flowers of the poinsettia are the tiny, yellow, button-like structures clusters at the center of these leaves (called cyathia).
Both azaleas and chrysanthemums get their bright colors from traditional flower petals.

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