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Rats worldwide are enjoying the perks of climate change

February 12, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Rats worldwide are enjoying the perks of climate change

Climate change is contributing to a global rise in urban rat infestations, according to a study published by Science Advances in January.  As temperatures increase, rats are better able to thrive — even in inclement weather that […]

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Daisy Ridley on playing Rey in upcoming Star Wars movie: ‘It’s very exciting’

February 12, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Daisy Ridley on playing Rey in upcoming Star Wars movie: ‘It’s very exciting’

Daisy Ridley is opening up about the upcoming Star Wars film centered on her character, Rey. In a recent interview with ABC Audio, Ridley said she was thrilled to be returning to the character she played in all […]

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Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish get Rock Hall nominations

February 12, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish get Rock Hall nominations

NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast and Phish are some the 2025 nominees for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a list that also includes two sets of musical […]

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How To Train Your Dragon live-action remake gets trailer featuring unlikely friendship

February 12, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on How To Train Your Dragon live-action remake gets trailer featuring unlikely friendship

How To Train Your Dragon has a brand-new trailer showing the budding friendship between a Viking and dragon. The new look at the live-action remake of the 2010 animated movie features Mason Thames as Hiccup, a young Viking, befriending Toothless, […]

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Newhouse, Colleagues Lead Effort to Move Food for Peace to USDA

February 12, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Newhouse, Colleagues Lead Effort to Move Food for Peace to USDA

February 12, 2025 Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), alongside Reps. Tracey Mann (KS-01), Rick Crawford (AR-01), David Rouzer (NC-07), and GT Thompson (PA-15) introduced legislation to move the Food for Peace […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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An amendment to the US Constitution must be ratified by what fraction of all the states?

An amendment to the United States Constitution must be ratified by three-fourths (3/4) of all the states. In the current 50-state union, this requires approval from 38 states for an amendment to become part of the Constitution.

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In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to move to the back of the bus?

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of going to the back of the bus, which was designated for African Americans, she sat in the front. When the bus started to fill up with white passengers, the bus driver asked Parks to move. She refused. Her resistance set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Who does Eddie Murphy trade places with in the 1983 movie "Trading Places"?

In the 1983 film Trading Places, Eddie Murphy's character, a streetwise con artist named Billy Ray Valentine, trades places with an upper-class commodities broker named Louis Winthorpe III, played by Dan Aykroyd.

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What is the soft, triangular, fleshy part of the inside of a horse's hoof called?

The soft, triangular, fleshy part on the underside of a horse's hoof is called the frog. This V-shaped structure is located between the heel bulbs and extends toward the toe, typically occupying about 25% to 33% of the hoof's bottom surface.

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Woodrow Wilson kept a herd of what animal to cut the White House lawn?

During World War I (starting in 1918), President Woodrow Wilson kept a flock of sheep to graze on the White House lawn. The flock, which grew to 48 sheep at its peak, was used to save manpower, provide natural fertilizer, and raise over $50,000 for the Red Cross by auctioning their wool.

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