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Eagle’s heart will go on after being rescued from icy Hudson River

February 26, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Eagle’s heart will go on after being rescued from icy Hudson River

While Jack slipped into the watery depths despite Rose’s door possibly having enough room on it for two people, this bald eagle avoided a similar icy fate. The injured bird was spotted floating on a piece of […]

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GP-Messed up: Amazon vehicle accidentally drives onto muddy firing range

February 24, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on GP-Messed up: Amazon vehicle accidentally drives onto muddy firing range

Before you declare that a situation can’t get any worse, it’s important to remember that it most definitely can. Such is the lesson learned by an Amazon driver who got stuck in the mud on a […]

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Otters enjoy a snow day in Maryland during winter storm

February 24, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Otters enjoy a snow day in Maryland during winter storm

BALTIMORE (AP) — A pair of otters slid into their week with an early morning romp in the snow at Baltimore’s National Aquarium. Security cameras captured the fun around 7 a.m. at the aquarium, which […]

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Hairy situation pits restaurant against alleged scammer

February 23, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Hairy situation pits restaurant against alleged scammer

No scams are particularly nice, but if true, this alleged con job is definitely the pits. Australia’s 7 News reports that a restaurant in Sydney is accusing a man of purposefully planting one his own armpit hairs […]

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Think you had a bad V-Day? Italy’s Lovers’ Arch collapses on Feb. 14

February 23, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Think you had a bad V-Day? Italy’s Lovers’ Arch collapses on Feb. 14

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore. When a beloved structure known as Lovers’ Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine’s Day, that’s the opposite of amore.  Lovers’ Arch […]

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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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