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Beverly the mannequin missing from South African village

November 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Beverly the mannequin missing from South African village

A beloved resident from the South African village of Nieu-Bethesda is lost. According to the town’s tourist information center, a mannequin named Beverly has gone missing. “Beverly isn’t just any mannequin – she’s been a quirky, much-loved part […]

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a prehistoric crocodile dropping from a tree?

November 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a prehistoric crocodile dropping from a tree?

We’ve heard of Crocs drops, but a “drop croc”? That is the nickname bestowed upon a prehistoric Australian crocodile thought to have dropped from trees to attack unsuspecting prey. The BBC reports that 55-million-year-old eggshells discovered Down Under […]

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German police officer ‘swan’ to protect all creatures

November 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on German police officer ‘swan’ to protect all creatures

Nearly 150 years after the first premiere of Swan Lake, a different sort of swan ballet took place in Germany. German police posted a video on Facebook of an officer corralling a swan that found itself stuck on […]

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Where in the world is England’s lost flamingo? France, apparently

November 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Where in the world is England’s lost flamingo? France, apparently

A lost flamingo has apparently been found in an entirely different country from where she started. The BBC reports that Frankie the flamingo escaped from the Paradise Park wildlife sanctuary in England on Nov. 2 and was photographed in northern […]

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Just call it Lucifer: Newly discovered horned bee has devilish name

November 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Just call it Lucifer: Newly discovered horned bee has devilish name

Please allow this new bee to introduce itself. Australia’s Curtin University has announced the discovery of a devilish insect dubbed Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer after the hornlike protrusions on its face. “When writing up the new species description I was […]

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What is the Capital of Louisiana?

Baton Rouge is a city on the Mississippi River, and the capital of Louisiana. Antebellum landmarks include the castle-like Old Louisiana State Capitol, now a museum, and Magnolia Mound Plantation, with its French Creole house. LSU Rural Life Museum is a complex of refurbished buildings illustrating 18th- and 19th-century life. On the river, the USS Kidd is a retired WWII destroyer that is now a museum.

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How old was J. K. Rowling when she published the first Harry Potter book?

J.K. Rowling was 25 years old when the idea for Harry Potter came to her on a train journey in 1990, and she started writing the magical adventure shortly after, living in relative poverty in Edinburgh, Scotland, while working on the manuscript for the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. JK Rowling was 32 when the first Harry Potter book came out. When she was done with the series, she was 42.

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What Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ran on Broadway from 1982 to 2000?

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What star of "The Breakfast Club" was also part of the cast of the TV show "The Facts of Life"?

Molly Ringwald starred in The Breakfast Club and was also one of the original cast members of the first season of The Facts of Life, playing Molly, before the show was retooled and she was let go to focus on her movie career, becoming a teen idol in films like Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink. 

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How many patents did Thomas Edison accumulate during his lifetime?

Thomas Edison accumulated a record 1,093 U.S. patents during his lifetime, with a total of 2,332 patents worldwide, covering inventions in electric light, phonographs, motion pictures, and more, making him one of history's most prolific inventors. 

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