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Traveling vehicle suddenly lack-as alpaca

October 26, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Traveling vehicle suddenly lack-as alpaca

An unsecured alpaca ended up wandering the town of Port Chester, New York. The Port Chester Police Department reports in a Facebook post that the animal got loose from a trailer attached to a traveling vehicle when […]

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If you say you were bitten by an otter, you otter be sure

October 26, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on If you say you were bitten by an otter, you otter be sure

First there was The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and now we have The Surfer Who Cried Otter. California’s Santa Cruz Fire Department reports in a Facebook post that a surfer called for a water rescue after possibly being bitten […]

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Was the ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ actually caused by a squirrel?

October 25, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Was the ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ actually caused by a squirrel?

As it turns out, the “Chicago Rat Hole” may have been caused by a different animal. If you’re not caught up on your Windy City lore, the Chicago Rat Hole refers to an indent in […]

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Turns out you can’t draw your license plate

October 25, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Turns out you can’t draw your license plate

While art can certainly take your imagination to far-flung places, sometimes it just can’t replace the real thing. One of those instances is a car license plate, but that didn’t stop one California driver from […]

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Ruh roh! Dog accidentally causes fire by chewing on lithium battery

October 25, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Ruh roh! Dog accidentally causes fire by chewing on lithium battery

This is the kind of dog accident that you wish was just pee on the floor. North Carolina’s Chapel Hill Fire Department reports that a small fire occurred inside a local house after the family’s dog chewed up […]

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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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