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Chopping down trees and world records at the Lumberjack World Championships

July 28, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Chopping down trees and world records at the Lumberjack World Championships

Trees weren’t the only things falling at the Lumberjack World Championships. According to The Associated Press, the competitive logging event, which concluded Saturday in Hayward, Wisconsin, saw three new world records set by women. Karolina Urbanová, of […]

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Seattle police are searching for two men who parachuted from the Space Needle

July 28, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Seattle police are searching for two men who parachuted from the Space Needle

The Seattle Police Department is searching for two men who climbed over the glass wall of the city’s iconic Space Needle on Friday, flipped over the edge and parachuted down from the 605-foot structure. The […]

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The roundest raccoon you’ve ever seen is in Seattle

July 28, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The roundest raccoon you’ve ever seen is in Seattle

Not since Kurt Cobain introduced the world to grunge has such a star come out of Seattle. The Emerald City is abuzz about Jimothy, who, according to The Seattle Times, is an unusually round raccoon who’s […]

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Fridge the cat keeps her cool, survives 40 days in Colorado wilderness

July 27, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Fridge the cat keeps her cool, survives 40 days in Colorado wilderness

Fridge is one cool cat. Nakee Bullen tells CBS Minnesota that she lost Fridge, a three-year-old cat, while making a pit shop at a Colorado park camp during a road trip from Los Angeles back to her home […]

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The simple bear necessities include keeping cool on a hot day

July 24, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The simple bear necessities include keeping cool on a hot day

If you think the heat is unbearable, imagine how the bears feel. That’s why Colorado resident Katie Cole tells KDVR that she’s fine with a bear taking a dip in the kiddie pool set up outside on her […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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Which is the oldest planet in our solar system?

Jupiter is the oldest planet in our solar system.  According to research using isotope analysis of meteorites, the solid core of Jupiter started forming just 1 million years after the solar system began taking shape.

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Allen key is another name for what tool?

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In "The Wizard of Oz", what was the lion looking for?

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How many men have walked on the moon as of December 31, 2018?

A total of 12 men have walked on the moon. All of them were American astronauts who landed during NASA's Apollo program between July 1969 and December 1972.

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A potato famine caused thousands of immigrants of what nationality to travel to the US in the 1840s?

The potato famine caused thousands of Irish immigrants to travel to the United States in the 1840s. 
  • The Cause: A destructive plant fungus (Phytophthora infestans) ruined Ireland's potato crops year after year starting in 1845. 

  • The Impact: Because potatoes were the main food source for millions of poor tenant farmers, the failure of the crop led to mass starvation and disease. 

  • The Exodus: More than one million people died, and over a million (some estimates say nearly two million) Irish citizens fled their homeland, with a vast majority moving to the United States. Many arrived on crowded vessels known as "coffin ships" and settled heavily in northeastern port cities like Boston and New York.

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