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Judge awards $6.6 million to whistleblowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to FBI

April 5, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Judge awards $6.6 million to whistleblowers who reported Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to FBI

A district court judge on Friday awarded more than $6 million combined to four whistleblowers in their lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton who were fired shortly after they reported him to the FBI. “By a […]

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Zelenskyy meets European military leaders to plan for a peacekeeping force

April 5, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Zelenskyy meets European military leaders to plan for a peacekeeping force

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met the leaders of the British and French armed forces in Kyiv Saturday to discuss the potential deployment of a multinational peacekeeping force to Ukraine, despite the reluctance of […]

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Yoon Suk Yeol removed as South Korea’s president over short-lived martial law

April 5, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Yoon Suk Yeol removed as South Korea’s president over short-lived martial law

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously removed Yoon Suk Yeol from office Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency and setting up a new election, four months after he threw the nation into turmoil with […]

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Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies

April 5, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies

Crowds of people angry about the way President Donald Trump is running the country marched and rallied in scores of American cities Saturday in the biggest day of demonstrations yet by an opposition movement trying to regain […]

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Trump goes all in with bet that the heavy price of tariffs will pay off for Americans

April 5, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Trump goes all in with bet that the heavy price of tariffs will pay off for Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Not even 24 hours after his party lost a key Wisconsin race and underperformed in Florida, President Donald Trump followed the playbook that has defined his political career: He doubled down. Trump’s move Wednesday to place […]

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Tuesday 1/27

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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The launch of the first liquid fueled rocket in the world is attributed to which country?

The launch of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket is attributed to the United States, specifically to American physicist Robert H. Goddard, who successfully launched it on March 16, 1926, in Auburn, Massachusetts, using liquid oxygen and gasoline. His pioneering work laid the foundation for modern rocketry, even though he faced skepticism at the time. 

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What movie helped popularize disco music worldwide?

The movie that helped popularize disco music worldwide was Saturday Night Fever (1977), starring John Travolta, which turned the disco subculture into a global phenomenon with its iconic soundtrack featuring the Bee Gees and massive album sales. 

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What country is the setting for Shakespeare's Macbeth?

Macbeth is set in Scotland during the 11th century, featuring various Scottish locations like Inverness, Forres, and Dunsinane Hill, though it loosely blends historical events with dramatic fiction for Shakespeare's audience, particularly to appeal to King James I, who was Scottish. 

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Which bone is known as the Patella?

The patella is your kneecap. It's the bone at the front of your knee joint. It's the biggest bone in your body embedded in a tendon (a sesamoid bone).

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Which Christmas tune was the first song performed in space?

The first Christmas tune performed in space was "Jingle Bells," played by astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford on NASA's Gemini 6A mission on December 16, 1965, using a smuggled harmonica and sleigh bells as a prank on Mission Control. 

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