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Subway grate tries to bind woman’s ring in darkness

March 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Subway grate tries to bind woman’s ring in darkness

They call New York City the city that never sleeps, which is probably because everyone is lying wide awake in bed terrified that they might drop something in a subway grate. Such was the horror […]

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Ocean’s #1 or #2: Prized golden toilet stolen in ‘audacious raid’

March 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Ocean’s #1 or #2: Prized golden toilet stolen in ‘audacious raid’

The trial in the case of the missing golden toilet has begun. Back in 2019, the prized 18-carat piece was stolen from Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill. The alleged burglars were charged in 2023, and […]

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Timber over Tinder: Bridegroom’s Oak in a German forest has connected lovers for over a century

March 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Timber over Tinder: Bridegroom’s Oak in a German forest has connected lovers for over a century

EUTIN, Germany (AP) — It’s timber over Tinder in a forest in northern Germany where the Bridegroom’s Oak has connected lovers for more than a century. Known as “Bräutigamseiche” in German, the Bridegroom’s Oak has […]

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If a winning lottery ticket is bought with a stolen credit card, who gets the money?

March 3, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on If a winning lottery ticket is bought with a stolen credit card, who gets the money?

If your credit card was used to purchase a winning lottery ticket, you’d probably be very happy. However, if you weren’t the one using your credit card, you may feel a bit less happy. Such […]

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No bull: Escaped bovine roams the hills of Connecticut

March 3, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on No bull: Escaped bovine roams the hills of Connecticut

Here’s a story that you can’t call bull on. According to the Associated Press, an escaped Scottish Highland bull has been taking in the sights of New Milford, Connecticut, as it continues to evade return to its former […]

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Tuesday 5/26

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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Which character killed Albus Dumbledore?

Severus Snape killed Albus Dumbledore at the top of the Astronomy Tower in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Snape cast the killing curse at Dumbledore's own request, which served several specific purposes:

  • A Mercy Killing: Dumbledore was already dying a slow, agonizing death from a cursed ring and wanted to be spared a miserable end.
  • Protecting Draco Malfoy: Voldemort ordered Draco to kill Dumbledore. Dumbledore asked Snape to do it to save Draco from the soul-destroying burden of murder.
  • Gaining Voldemort's Trust: By killing Dumbledore, Snape completely convinced Voldemort of his loyalty, allowing him to secretly continue protecting Harry and the students from within the Death Eater ranks

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An infectious particle that can only reproduce inside a living cell is called what?

An infectious particle that can only reproduce inside a living cell is called a virus.  Because they cannot replicate on their own, viruses operate as obligate intracellular parasites. They survive by hijacking a host cell's metabolic and reproductive machinery to assemble new viral particles. The complete, fully assembled, and infectious form of the virus outside of a host cell is known as a virion.

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In what Eagles song is the singer "standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona"?

The lyric is from the Eagles' 1972 hit debut single, "Take It Easy". Co-written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, the song put the small town of Winslow, Arizona, on the map, inspiring the actual Standin' on the Corner Park built there to commemorate the lyrics. 

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What US state was the first to require license plates?

New York was the first US state to require license plates, passing a law in 1901 that mandated motor vehicle registration. Because the state did not provide official tags, motorists were originally responsible for making their own plates by displaying their initials on the back of their vehicles. 

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Which US state was the first to secede from the Union in 1860?

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, doing so on December 20, 1860. A state convention unanimously passed an Ordinance of Secession following the election of Abraham Lincoln. This initiated the wave of disunion that ultimately led to the American Civil War.

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