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Accidental donation includes different kind of green

March 19, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Accidental donation includes different kind of green

Not since the Scott’s Tots debacle has a charity endeavor gone so awry. According to The Associated Press, two teenagers in New Zealand left a bag containing about $2,200 cash in the donation area of a […]

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Father and son combine 179 years of life experience to earn free oysters

March 18, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Father and son combine 179 years of life experience to earn free oysters

Here’s a pearl of wisdom from 80-year-old Jimmy Rush and his 99-year-old father, James Rush: if a restaurant promotion seems like a joke, you won’t know for sure until you try it. Wintzell’s Oyster House […]

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The tortoise and the scare: Reptile escapes from high school enclosure

March 18, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The tortoise and the scare: Reptile escapes from high school enclosure

This tortoise attempted a slow and steady escape. Georgia’s Hinesville Police Department reports that the reptile got loose from its enclosure at a local high school. According to the department’s Facebook, the tortoise “made it a surprising […]

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Dash making a hissing sound? Maybe check for snakes

March 18, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Dash making a hissing sound? Maybe check for snakes

We’ve heard of a brake inspection, but what about a snake inspection? That’s what a driver in Florida needed after discovering a python slithering through the dashboard of their car. Instead of stopping at a […]

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Grabbing flamingos is one sin Las Vegas does not approve of

March 17, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Grabbing flamingos is one sin Las Vegas does not approve of

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Unless, of course, you injure the beloved flamingo residents of the Strip’s Flamingo Hotel and Casino. That will follow you wherever you go. ABC affiliate KTNV reports that a Canadian tourist named […]

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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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