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Sydney beaches have the biggest, most possibly hazardous balls of them all

January 22, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Sydney beaches have the biggest, most possibly hazardous balls of them all

Australians hoping to have a ball at the beach were instead thwarted by a different, more literal kind of ball. As reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, nine beach locations were shut down after bits of ball-shaped […]

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Forget the roadrunner, this coyote just wants to hang by some vegetables

January 22, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Forget the roadrunner, this coyote just wants to hang by some vegetables

If you spent your whole day trying to catch a speedy — and, frankly, kind of haughty — roadrunner, then you’d probably be pretty hungry, too. We can only imagine that’s why a coyote decided […]

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Mittens the cat is mistakenly left on a plane and becomes a frequent flyer

January 22, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Mittens the cat is mistakenly left on a plane and becomes a frequent flyer

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New […]

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Before getting meatballs, wanna check the misplaced weapons section?

January 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Before getting meatballs, wanna check the misplaced weapons section?

Along with meatballs and build-it-yourself furniture, an IKEA location had another item in its inventory that definitely isn’t appropriate for civilian use. According to Politico, a Polish shipment of over 1,000 tons of anti-tank mine explosives was […]

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It’s a Christmas miracle! Man finds unopened present in wall of childhood house

January 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on It’s a Christmas miracle! Man finds unopened present in wall of childhood house

When hiding your holiday gifts, make sure not to hide them too well, or they may be lost for nearly 50 years. That’s what happened to Tim King, of Lombard, Illinois, who found an unopened present […]

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Friday 12/05

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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