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We’ve heard of a traffic jam, but this is ridiculous!

July 17, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on We’ve heard of a traffic jam, but this is ridiculous!

There are traffic jams, and then there’s traffic caused by jam. The streets of Mission, British Columbia, Canada, were dealing with the latter when crates of blueberries spilled from the back of a pickup truck. […]

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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show

July 17, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday. But a rare young dinosaur skeleton stole […]

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Rodeo bull of multiple names tracked down after five-day search

July 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Rodeo bull of multiple names tracked down after five-day search

If you’re going to be on the run from authorities, it probably would help to have a fake name or two. Perhaps that’s why an escaped rodeo bull was known by multiple aliases.  According to CBS […]

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Indian police find Russian woman and her 2 daughters living in an isolated forest cave

July 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Indian police find Russian woman and her 2 daughters living in an isolated forest cave

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India’s southern Karnataka state said Wednesday they found a Russian woman and her two young daughters living in isolation in a remote forest cave. The woman, identified as Nina […]

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Throwing deep freezer has man in deep trouble

July 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Throwing deep freezer has man in deep trouble

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India’s southern Karnataka state said Wednesday they found a Russian woman and her two young daughters living in isolation in a remote forest cave. The woman, identified as Nina […]

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Tuesday 3/31

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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In the 2003 movie "Finding Nemo", what kind of animal does Marlin hitch a ride with?

In the 2003 movie Finding Nemo, Marlin hitches a ride with a sea turtle named Crush. Crush and his offspring, Squirt, are green sea turtles who help Marlin and Dory navigate the East Australian Current (EAC) to Sydney.

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What animal was used in British coal mines until being phased out in 1986?

Canaries were used in British coal mines as sentinels to detect dangerous, odorless gases like carbon monoxide until being phased out by electronic sensors in 1986. Introduced around 1911, these birds were highly sensitive to poisonous gases, providing an early warning for miners to evacuate

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Wallace Carothers invented nylon while working as a scientist for what company?

Wallace Carothers invented nylon in 1935 while working as a lead scientist for the DuPont Company. He headed the company's fundamental research in organic chemistry at their Experimental Station in Delaware, where he also developed neoprene.

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Autophobia is a fear of what?

Autophobia is the intense, irrational, and persistent fear of being alone, isolated, or abandoned. It is a specific phobia (also called monophobia or isolophobia) that can cause severe anxiety even if the person is not physically alone, but feels unloved or neglected. It differs from simple loneliness by causing physical symptoms like panic attacks, dizziness, and heart palpitations.

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What western US city is dubbed “The Valley of 10,000 Buffets”?

Las Vegas, Nevada, is the Western U.S. city historically dubbed "The Valley of 10,000 Buffets." The nickname refers to the city's reputation for offering a massive quantity of all-you-can-eat dining options, particularly along the Las Vegas Strip. 

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