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Pug life: A South African woman has rescued more than 2,500 of the lovable ‘clowns of the dog world’

January 29, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Pug life: A South African woman has rescued more than 2,500 of the lovable ‘clowns of the dog world’

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A woman in South Africa has rescued more than 2,500 pugs over the years after she and her husband sold their house, lived in a trailer home for a while and generally […]

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Thief burgles Miami homes, loves Jesus

January 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Thief burgles Miami homes, loves Jesus

Hey, he may be a thief, but at least he’s a good Christian one. Miami police are looking for a man who robbed at least two homes in the Coconut Grove, Florida, neighborhood in the […]

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This alive, not dead woman just wants to renew her license

January 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on This alive, not dead woman just wants to renew her license

Proving that editors are the backbone of our society, a woman was legally declared dead because of a typo. According to NBC Washington, the very much alive Nicole Paulino took a trip to the DMV to renew her license, […]

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Man killed by stray weight at Colorado track and field meet remembered as dedicated husband, dad

January 28, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Man killed by stray weight at Colorado track and field meet remembered as dedicated husband, dad

Relatives of a spectator killed by an errant weight thrown at a youth track and field meet in Colorado say he was a dedicated father with a great sense of humor. Fifty-seven-year-old Wade Langston of […]

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Grandfather’s ashes take cosmic journey through vacuum cleaner

January 27, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Grandfather’s ashes take cosmic journey through vacuum cleaner

Nobody knows what happens to us when we die, though one man’s ashes now live in a very different place from where they started. As mother Monica Long tells People, she had turned away from her three boys for […]

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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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