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What to know about changes to Disney parks’ disability policies

December 8, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on What to know about changes to Disney parks’ disability policies

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Changes that Disney made to a popular program that lets qualifying disabled people skip long lines at its California and Florida theme parks are too restrictive, disabled fans contend in a federal lawsuit and shareholder […]

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Notable early reaction to Netflix’s deal to acquire Warner Bros.

December 7, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Notable early reaction to Netflix’s deal to acquire Warner Bros.

NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix’s $72 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. studio has sparked reactions from the worlds of entertainment, politics and business. Michael O’Leary, CEO of Cinema United, warns that Netflix’s model could […]

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Cloudflare says service restored after outage that brought down sites including Zoom and LinkedIn

December 7, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cloudflare says service restored after outage that brought down sites including Zoom and LinkedIn

MADRID (AP) — Cloudflare reports that it has resolved an outage that disrupted several global websites, including LinkedIn and Zoom. This marks the second such incident for the company in less than three weeks. On […]

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Tom Hicks, the Texas businessman who owned Stars, Rangers and Liverpool teams, dies at 79

December 7, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Tom Hicks, the Texas businessman who owned Stars, Rangers and Liverpool teams, dies at 79

DALLAS (AP) — Tom Hicks, the Texas businessman and philanthropist who owned two Dallas-area professional sports franchises and an English Premier League soccer team, died Saturday. He was 79. Spokesperson Lisa LeMaster said in statement […]

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Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids

December 5, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit, filed in 2024 […]

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Wednesday 5/27

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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