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New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash

July 29, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash

NEW YORK (AP) — A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and […]

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Chopping down trees and world records at the Lumberjack World Championships

July 28, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Chopping down trees and world records at the Lumberjack World Championships

Trees weren’t the only things falling at the Lumberjack World Championships. According to The Associated Press, the competitive logging event, which concluded Saturday in Hayward, Wisconsin, saw three new world records set by women. Karolina Urbanová, of […]

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Seattle police are searching for two men who parachuted from the Space Needle

July 28, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Seattle police are searching for two men who parachuted from the Space Needle

The Seattle Police Department is searching for two men who climbed over the glass wall of the city’s iconic Space Needle on Friday, flipped over the edge and parachuted down from the 605-foot structure. The […]

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The roundest raccoon you’ve ever seen is in Seattle

July 28, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The roundest raccoon you’ve ever seen is in Seattle

Not since Kurt Cobain introduced the world to grunge has such a star come out of Seattle. The Emerald City is abuzz about Jimothy, who, according to The Seattle Times, is an unusually round raccoon who’s […]

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Fridge the cat keeps her cool, survives 40 days in Colorado wilderness

July 27, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Fridge the cat keeps her cool, survives 40 days in Colorado wilderness

Fridge is one cool cat. Nakee Bullen tells CBS Minnesota that she lost Fridge, a three-year-old cat, while making a pit shop at a Colorado park camp during a road trip from Los Angeles back to her home […]

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Tuesday 11/03

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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What chili pepper is considered the world's hottest pepper?

The Pepper X is officially the hottest chilli in the world, averaging 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU).

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In Alaska, it's legal to shoot a bear, but illegal to do what to one?

In Alaska, it is legal to hunt or shoot a bear, but it is illegal to wake a sleeping bear up for the purpose of taking a photograph. 
    • The Rule: You cannot disturb, rouse, or wake a hibernating or sleeping bear just to get a picture.
  • The Contrast: While waking a bear for a photograph is prohibited, hunting regulations in certain areas or seasons do permit taking bears (including in some denning contexts where legal under specific state/federal guidelines).

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What is Rambo's first name?

Rambo's full fictional name is John James Rambo (commonly known as John Rambo).

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If a pregnant woman develops a condition called pica, what's wrong?

Pica is an eating disorder where a pregnant woman has a strong urge to eat non-food items with little or no nutritional value, such as dirt, clay, ice, chalk, or laundry starch.

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On Friends, David Schwimmer who played Ross, had what unusual pet?

Ross Geller had a capuchin monkey named Marcel.

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