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Boat mix-up turns American into lifetime fan of English soccer team

April 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Boat mix-up turns American into lifetime fan of English soccer team

An American tourist’s mix-up in London has resulted in a lifelong emotional commitment. According to the BBC, Arizona student Evan Johnston was wandering through the English capital when he hopped on a boat that he thought was a […]

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See how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home

April 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on See how a Michigan town moved 9,100 books one by one to their new home

CHELSEA, Mich. (AP) — Residents of all ages in a small Michigan community formed a human chain and helped a local bookshop move each of its 9,100 books — one by one — to a […]

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The North remembers: Company claims dire wolves are now ‘de-extinct’

April 15, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The North remembers: Company claims dire wolves are now ‘de-extinct’

Like Jon Snow himself, dire wolves have supposedly been brought back to life. In addition to being the patron animal of House Stark in Game of Thrones, the dire wolf was a real animal many thousands of […]

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What’s your excuse? 100-year-old endangered tortoises become parents

April 15, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on What’s your excuse? 100-year-old endangered tortoises become parents

Never say it’s never too late.  A pair of 100-year-old tortoises living at the Philadelphia Zoo are now the parents of four babies. The hatchlings were born in February and made the female tortoise, appropriately named Mommy, the […]

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Elephants at San Diego safari park huddle to protect calves during earthquake

April 15, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Elephants at San Diego safari park huddle to protect calves during earthquake

SAN DIEGO (AP) — As the ground shook from a 5.2-magnitude earthquake, a herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park sprung into action to protect their young. A video shot of their enclosure […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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A clowder is a name given to a group of what?

A clowder is a group of cats.   Other terms used for groups of cats include:
  • Glaring: A group of cats that are unfamiliar with or uncertain of one another.

  • Clutter: Another common term for a gathering of cats.

  • Colony: A group of free-ranging or feral cats living together near a food source.

  • Kindle or Litter: A group of kittens.

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Which of these is not a type of eyeliner?

Needle is not a type of eyeliner.  While pencil and gel are two of the most common forms of eyeliner used in makeup, "needle" is not a product category (though it is used in cosmetic tattooing/permanent makeup, it is not a type of topical eyeliner you buy in a makeup aisle.

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Victor Wembanyama, Dylan Harper and De'Aaron Fox play for which NBA team?

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The axles that attach skateboard wheels to the deck are called what?

The T-shaped metal assemblies that attach the wheels to the skateboard deck are called trucks, while the specific steel rod running through each truck that the wheels slide onto is called the axle.

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Which Rocky film did Dolph Lundgren co-star?

Dolph Lundgren co-starred as the Soviet boxer Ivan Drago in Rocky IV (1985) and later reprised the role in Creed II (2018).

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