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Smugglers fail at smuggling tarantulas, succeed at ruining cake

July 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Smugglers fail at smuggling tarantulas, succeed at ruining cake

Whether you prefer chocolate or vanilla or any other flavor, we can probably all agree that arachnids do not belong in cake. Nevertheless, The Guardian reports that Germany’s Cologne Bonn Airport intercepted a package at customs containing about 1,500 […]

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A cat named Leonardo da Pinchy doesn’t want your affection. He wants to steal your underwear

July 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on A cat named Leonardo da Pinchy doesn’t want your affection. He wants to steal your underwear

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Most cat owners dread their pets bringing home mice or birds. But for the owners of one felonious feline in Auckland, New Zealand, there’s a worse shame — being the unwitting accomplice to an unstoppable […]

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Don’t cry: Truck spills milk on New York road

July 24, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Don’t cry: Truck spills milk on New York road

As the saying goes, there’s no use crying over spilled milk. But this driver of a tractor-trailer probably isn’t feeling too great after spilling milk on a road in Claverack, New York. As the Columbia County […]

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What will become of New Jersey’s ‘evil clown’ sign?

July 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on What will become of New Jersey’s ‘evil clown’ sign?

While Pennywise is terrorizing the children of Derry, Maine, another evil clown has been caught in a real estate dispute farther south in New Jersey. NJ.com reports that said dispute is between a development company and […]

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Seattle dentist maintains secret identity as real-life tooth fairy

July 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Seattle dentist maintains secret identity as real-life tooth fairy

The real-life tooth fairy definitely isn’t sleepless, but she does live in Seattle.  Over 20 years ago, Dr. Purva Merchant created an email address that included the words “tooth fairy” in reference to her planned career as […]

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What protein comes from combining wheat flour and water?

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U.S. Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump were born in what year?

U.S. Presidents Donald Trump, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton were all born in 1946. These three presidents represent the earliest wave of the baby boom generation, with all born within a 10-week span: Trump in June, Bush in July, and Clinton in August of that year. 

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  • Donald Trump: Born June 14, 1946.
  • George W. Bush: Born July 6, 1946.
  • Bill Clinton: Born August 19, 1946.

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In which 2001 Kevin Smith film do two slackers break the fourth wall by critiquing Hollywood and embark on a journey to sabotage a movie?

The 2001 Kevin Smith film is Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. In this comedy, the titular slacker duo travels to Hollywood to sabotage a Miramax movie based on their likenesses after discovering they are not being paid for the adaptation, featuring numerous celebrity cameos and fourth-wall-breaking meta-commentary.

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Hydraulics is the study of what?

Hydraulics is the study of the mechanical properties of liquids (primarily water and oil) and their application in engineering to transmit, control, and generate power. It focuses on how fluids behave at rest (hydrostatics) and in motion (hydrodynamics), using Pascal's law to amplify force through pressurized, enclosed systems.

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Which literary work's title character is named Quasimodo?

Quasimodo is the title character and protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1831 gothic novel, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (original French title: Notre-Dame de Paris). He is the physically deformed, deaf bell-ringer of the Notre Dame Cathedral in 15th-century Paris who falls in love with the dancer Esmeralda.

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