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A slice of history: New Haven attempting to set record for largest pizza party

July 17, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on A slice of history: New Haven attempting to set record for largest pizza party

Do you like pizza? Do you like to party? Then it may be time to plan a trip to New Haven, Connecticut. NBC New York reports that the city is attempting to break the Guinness World […]

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We’ve heard of a traffic jam, but this is ridiculous!

July 17, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on We’ve heard of a traffic jam, but this is ridiculous!

There are traffic jams, and then there’s traffic caused by jam. The streets of Mission, British Columbia, Canada, were dealing with the latter when crates of blueberries spilled from the back of a pickup truck. […]

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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show

July 17, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday. But a rare young dinosaur skeleton stole […]

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Rodeo bull of multiple names tracked down after five-day search

July 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Rodeo bull of multiple names tracked down after five-day search

If you’re going to be on the run from authorities, it probably would help to have a fake name or two. Perhaps that’s why an escaped rodeo bull was known by multiple aliases.  According to CBS […]

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Indian police find Russian woman and her 2 daughters living in an isolated forest cave

July 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Indian police find Russian woman and her 2 daughters living in an isolated forest cave

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India’s southern Karnataka state said Wednesday they found a Russian woman and her two young daughters living in isolation in a remote forest cave. The woman, identified as Nina […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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How many strings does a standard ukulele have?

A standard ukulele has four strings, typically made of nylon, tuned G-C-E-A (though baritone ukes tune D-G-B-E), but you can also find variations with 2, 3, 6, or even 8 strings, often paired for a richer sound.  

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Which U.S. state flag features a bear as a nod to the rebellion that led to statehood?

California -- The grizzly bear that makes the California state flag so distinctive is a nod to the Bear Flag Revolt.

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What board game's tokens include a rope, a lead pipe, and a candlestick?

Those tokens—a rope, lead pipe, and candlestick—are iconic weapons from the classic murder mystery board game Clue (known as Cluedo in some regions), where players try to solve a murder by identifying the killer, weapon, and location, with these items among the miniature weapons available. 

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Jimmy Carter served in which military branch?

Which planet has the largest ocean in our solar system?

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Which planet has the largest ocean in our solar system?

The planet with the largest ocean in the solar system is Jupiter, which has a massive, deep ocean of liquid metallic hydrogen beneath its cloudy atmosphere, far exceeding Earth's water oceans in volume, though other bodies like Ganymede and Europa also host vast subsurface water oceans.  

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