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This wannabe Doogie Howser does not have a medical degree

February 17, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on This wannabe Doogie Howser does not have a medical degree

In a new case of life imitating art, police caught a 13-year-old apparently trying to be a real-life Doogie Howser. The BBC reports that the teen was allegedly pretending to be a doctor at the Derriford Hospital in […]

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PSA: Smoking weed doesn’t allow you to dodge bullets

February 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on PSA: Smoking weed doesn’t allow you to dodge bullets

Smoking pot can do a lot of things, but it can’t turn you into Neo from The Matrix. Salt Lake City’s ABC4 reports that 23-year-old Ashton Jonathan Mann allegedly shot and killed his friend, who’d claimed that he could dodge bullets. […]

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A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera

February 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (AP) — A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral as one of the most remarkable footage […]

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Bakery owner in New England says he was offended over town’s decision against pastry painting

February 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Bakery owner in New England says he was offended over town’s decision against pastry painting

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire bakery owner has tesified that his excitement about displaying a painting by high school students of giant pastries quickly turned to annoyance after a zoning code officer told […]

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Beetles no longer for sale after being caught at customs

February 14, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Beetles no longer for sale after being caught at customs

Seeing The Beatles in an airport would be very exciting, but seeing beetles? Not so much. According to a press release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a shipment containing 37 live beetles was discovered at Los Angeles International […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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