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NYC fruit vendor has sour grapes over selling banana used in $6.2 million artwork

December 11, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on NYC fruit vendor has sour grapes over selling banana used in $6.2 million artwork

This story just gets more and more bananas. Shah Alam, a 74-year-old New York City fruit vendor, thinks he got squeezed after learning the artist who sold a piece of artwork that featured a banana […]

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Man challenges charging elk with coffee

December 11, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Man challenges charging elk with coffee

They say never bring a knife to a gun fight, and as one Evergreen, Colorado, man found out, it takes more than a cup of coffee to fight off an angry elk. A video obtained by KDVY-TV shows […]

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Teen has meltdown at AT&T store after mom cuts her phone off

December 11, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Teen has meltdown at AT&T store after mom cuts her phone off

(NOTE LANGUAGE) Hell hath no fury like a teenager whose phone has been cut off. A video posted to the social platform X captioned “Her mom caught (sic) the daughter phone off and this how she reacted omg” […]

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Land snakes! Over 2 dozen snakes get loose on interstate

December 10, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Land snakes! Over 2 dozen snakes get loose on interstate

A recent accident on a stretch of I-95 near Wilson County, South Carolina, involving a box truck and an RV revealed a slithery surprise. Inside the RV were five people, two dogs and a cat, […]

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Death is worth the price of admission

December 10, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Death is worth the price of admission

Some people were just dying to get into the Garden of Remembrance cemetery in Stoke-on-Trent, England; the rest may soon have to shell out a few bucks. Visitors will soon have to pay up to […]

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Sunday 5/24

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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What did the US Federal Reserve system do a record seventeen consecutive times between 2004 and 2006?

Between June 2004 and June 2006, the US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate (the federal funds rate) a record seventeen consecutive times.

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What is the usual age for a Jewish boy to celebrate his bar mitzvah?

A boy becomes a Bar Mitzvah at the age of 13. In Judaism, this milestone represents the coming of age, marking the exact moment a teenager is considered a legal adult under Jewish law and becomes responsible for their own actions and religious duties.

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Who played Secret Service Agent James West in The 1966-1968 television series "The Wild, Wild, West"?

Robert Conrad played Secret Service Agent James West in the television series "The Wild, Wild, West." 

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What was added to the calendar on Dec. 31, 1990, to adjust for variations in the Earth's rotation?

A leap second was added to the clock on Dec. 31, 1990. Because atomic clocks are more regular than the Earth's slightly fluctuating rotation, this 1-second adjustment is periodically applied to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to keep our civil time in sync with astronomical time. 

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What must be held by anyone wishing to speak during meetings in the book "Lord of the Flies"?

Anyone who wishes to speak during meetings must hold the conch shell. Ralph establishes this rule to maintain order and prevent everyone from talking at once, ensuring that the speaker is granted the floor and listened to respectfully by the rest of the group.

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