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In vote to change Illinois state flag, residents choose to keep old flag

March 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on In vote to change Illinois state flag, residents choose to keep old flag

The Illinois state flag will continue to fly high after surviving a vote to possibly change it. According to The Associated Press, residents of the Prairie State were asked to voice their opinion on choosing a […]

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Get drunk on history with Prohibition-era whiskey

March 22, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Get drunk on history with Prohibition-era whiskey

A blast from the past washed up on the Jersey Shore in the form of 11 Prohibition-era whiskey bottles. According to ABC affiliate WPVI, Austin Contegiacomo was walking his dog on New Jersey’s Margate Pier when the pooch sniffed […]

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Swarms of midges are bugging a Tuscan beach town, which wants an emergency declared to help

March 22, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Swarms of midges are bugging a Tuscan beach town, which wants an emergency declared to help

ROME (AP) — Residents of the Tuscany beach enclave of Orbetello are seeking a state of emergency declaration to help combat an invasion of midges that are keeping people indoors and threatening businesses catering to […]

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If you want to stay in Australia, leave the baby wombat alone

March 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on If you want to stay in Australia, leave the baby wombat alone

No matter how friend-shaped they may be, it’s always a good idea to leave wild animals alone. Such is the lesson being learned by Sam Jones, an American influencer who, while in Australia, filmed a video of herself […]

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Pizza delivery driver says see you later to alligator, hands pie to police officer

March 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Pizza delivery driver says see you later to alligator, hands pie to police officer

A police officer in Bradenton, Florida, briefly took on a second job as a pizza delivery man thanks to an alligator. As the Bradenton Police Department shares, the officer was called to a neighborhood reporting the […]

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Saturday 12/06

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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Alan L. Bean was famous as a what?

Alan L. Bean was famous as a NASA astronaut, the fourth person to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 12 mission, and later as an artist who painted his unique space experiences, becoming the first artist to paint another world from firsthand knowledge. He was also the commander of the Skylab 3 mission, the second crew to live on America's first space station. 

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Which painting was stolen from the Louvre in 1911 and not returned for over two years?

The painting stolen from the Louvre in 1911 and missing for over two years was Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda), taken by an Italian handyman named Vincenzo Peruggia who hid it in his Paris apartment before attempting to sell it in Italy, leading to its recovery in 1913 and making it a global icon. 

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What is the dot in the "i" called?

The dot on top of the lowercase letter "i" is called a tittle. It is a small mark used in writing and printing to help distinguish the letters "i" and "j" from other letters with similar vertical strokes.  

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"Beauty and the Beast" was the first Disney film to do what?

Become a Broadway musical -- The film became Disney’s first foray onto the Big White Way. It was the first Disney Broadway production, debuting in 1994 and running for 13 years.

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Whose author's novel is the movie "The Godfather" based on?

The movie The Godfather is based on the bestselling 1969 novel of the same name, written by Mario Puzo, who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola. Puzo drew from his own family and extensive research to create the iconic story of the Corleone crime family. 

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