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Maine wardens rescue moose trapped for hours in abandoned well

September 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Maine wardens rescue moose trapped for hours in abandoned well

PEMBROKE, Maine (AP) — A bull moose that fell into an abandoned well in Maine was pulled to safety during an elaborate five hour rescue. The operation happened Wednesday after the family that owned forested […]

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Walmart says ‘See you later, alligator’ to Pennsylvania man

September 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Walmart says ‘See you later, alligator’ to Pennsylvania man

What would you do if you saw an alligator in Walmart? Well, the folks at the West Brownsville, Pennsylvania, location are working hard to make sure that doesn’t happen. That’s bad news, however, for Wesley Silva, […]

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Baby, that’s a big one! Mom delivers nearly 14-pound boy

September 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Baby, that’s a big one! Mom delivers nearly 14-pound boy

One Florida family’s celebrating an especially big blessing. Baby boy Annan was born Sept. 3 at St. Joseph’s Hospital-South in Riverview, weighing in at 13 pounds, 15 ounces. That makes him nearly twice the size of the average […]

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Warning: Raccoons are ready to help with your Chewy returns

September 21, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Warning: Raccoons are ready to help with your Chewy returns

If you’re worried about porch pirates, you may need to watch out for raccoons. One Plattsburgh, New York, resident was a little confused as to why they hadn’t gotten credit for their Chewy return. They’d […]

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Jumping ice skater cracks new Guinness World Record

September 18, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Jumping ice skater cracks new Guinness World Record

You can file this one firmly under “Don’t Try This at Home.” An ice skater from Hungary has set the new Guinness World Record for jumping rope on the ice while wearing skates. Eszter Szombathelyi managed to […]

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Friday 12/05

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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