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The claw claims another: Second child gets stuck in same arcade machine

March 13, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The claw claims another: Second child gets stuck in same arcade machine

If we had a nickel for every time a child got stuck in the claw machine at the Soccer Dome in Webster Groves, Missouri, we’d have 10 cents. That’s not a lot of money, but […]

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The jaws of life: Wolf rescued from Italian canal

March 13, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on The jaws of life: Wolf rescued from Italian canal

Perhaps if the Three Little Pigs had built a canal instead marginally sturdier houses, they would have had an easier time keeping the wolf at bay. We base that theory on a report from Italy’s Vigili […]

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When will the giant snow mountain of New Jersey’s Haddonfield Station melt?

March 13, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on When will the giant snow mountain of New Jersey’s Haddonfield Station melt?

It seems that you can bet on pretty much everything these days, and that includes the speed of melting snow. The PATCO train, which runs between Philadelphia and southern New Jersey, is taking bets to […]

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Man stuck in a glass case of emotion and also hunger

March 12, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Man stuck in a glass case of emotion and also hunger

With the rise of cellphones, there seems to be little use for public phone booths nowadays. Perhaps it was a lack of practice that led to a man in England getting stuck in one. The Manchester […]

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Let’s go the mall and hopefully not fall into a sinkhole, today

March 12, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Let’s go the mall and hopefully not fall into a sinkhole, today

As Robin Sparkles famously sang, at the mall, having fun is what it’s all about. But this particular mallgoer definitely wasn’t having fun. NJ.com reports that Laura Botwin, of Essex County, is suing the local Livingston Mall […]

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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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