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Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles

April 4, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour. Bitcoin investor Chun Wang chartered a SpaceX flight for […]

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Commentary – Exposing NIH-Funded Research: Why I’m Blowing the Whistle on Corruption

April 3, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Commentary – Exposing NIH-Funded Research: Why I’m Blowing the Whistle on Corruption

I once stood within the halls of academia, benefiting from the generous funding of the National Institutes of Health. I was part of the system, a researcher fueled by grants that were supposed to propel scientific […]

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A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna

April 3, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna

VIENNA (AP) — As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to […]

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Transgender student’s arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to be a first

April 3, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Transgender student’s arrest for violating Florida bathroom law is thought to be a first

A transgender college student declared “I am here to break the law” before entering a women’s restroom at the Florida State Capitol and being led out in handcuffs by police. Civil rights attorneys say the […]

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Bye-bye, Helene, Milton and Beryl. Names from those nasty hurricanes are now retired

April 2, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Bye-bye, Helene, Milton and Beryl. Names from those nasty hurricanes are now retired

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hurricanes Helene, Milton and Beryl were so nasty last year that their names are being retired. The World Meteorological Organization on Wednesday officially replaced the names of the trio of 2024 storms […]

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What do folks from Louisiana and Mississippi call sluggish creeks and marshy lakes?

In Louisiana and Mississippi, sluggish creeks and marshy lakes are primarily called bayous. This term refers to relatively small, slow-moving waterways found in flat, low-lying areas, generally characterized by an almost imperceptible current. 

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What is the collective name for chicken, ducks and turkeys in the wild?

Chickens, ducks, and turkeys are collectively known as fowl. In scientific classification, these birds belong to the superorder Galloanserae, which is further divided into two main orders: Galliformes (landfowl or groundfowl) and Anseriformes (waterfowl). 

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What Paris cathedral's bells were rung by Quasimodo?

Quasimodo is the fictional bell-ringer of the Notre-Dame de Paris (Notre Dame Cathedral). In Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Quasimodo lives in seclusion within the cathedral's towers, where his primary duty is to ring its massive bells.

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Which videogame company originally brought Pac-Man to home consoles?

Atari, Inc. was the company that originally brought Pac-Man to home consoles. Although the arcade original was developed by Namco and distributed in North America by Midway, Atari secured the exclusive home console rights directly from Namco in late 1980. The first home adaptation was released for the Atari 2600 (then known as the Atari VCS) in March 1982.

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What type of wool can come from a rabbit?

Wool produced by rabbits is known as Angora wool (or Angora fiber). It is sourced primarily from various breeds of Angora rabbits and is renowned as one of the softest, lightest, and warmest natural fibers in the world

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