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Former director of the Alabama NASA center during the Challenger space shuttle explosion dies at 102

February 16, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Former director of the Alabama NASA center during the Challenger space shuttle explosion dies at 102

William Ray Lucas, who led the NASA facility that shouldered much of the blame for the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, has died. Lucas was 102. Lucas died Monday at his home in […]

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HHS is losing thousands of workers under Trump administration probationary job cuts

February 14, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on HHS is losing thousands of workers under Trump administration probationary job cuts

Department of Health and Human Services officials expected most of the agency’s roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired Friday under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of nearly all probationary employees, according to an […]

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Jeff Bezos’ rocket company is slashing 10% of its workforce a month after debut orbital launch

February 14, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Jeff Bezos’ rocket company is slashing 10% of its workforce a month after debut orbital launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin is cutting 10% of its workforce. This week’s move comes a month after the debut of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, which reached orbit on its first […]

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Cats in Oregon euthanized after eating raw pet food tainted with bird flu

February 14, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Cats in Oregon euthanized after eating raw pet food tainted with bird flu

At least two cats in Oregon were euthanized this month after eating raw pet food contaminated with bird flu, prompting agriculture officials to issue a public health alert Friday about the products. Officials in Oregon and Washington state […]

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Archaeologists unearth the remains of a Roman basilica on the site of a new London skyscraper

February 13, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Archaeologists unearth the remains of a Roman basilica on the site of a new London skyscraper

LONDON (AP) — Work to give 21st-century London yet another skyscraper has uncovered traces — in fact chunks — of the city’s origins almost 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists exploring the site of a planned 32-story […]

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Thursday 3/12

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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An amendment to the US Constitution must be ratified by what fraction of all the states?

An amendment to the United States Constitution must be ratified by three-fourths (3/4) of all the states. In the current 50-state union, this requires approval from 38 states for an amendment to become part of the Constitution.

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In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to move to the back of the bus?

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Instead of going to the back of the bus, which was designated for African Americans, she sat in the front. When the bus started to fill up with white passengers, the bus driver asked Parks to move. She refused. Her resistance set in motion one of the largest social movements in history, the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Who does Eddie Murphy trade places with in the 1983 movie "Trading Places"?

In the 1983 film Trading Places, Eddie Murphy's character, a streetwise con artist named Billy Ray Valentine, trades places with an upper-class commodities broker named Louis Winthorpe III, played by Dan Aykroyd.

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What is the soft, triangular, fleshy part of the inside of a horse's hoof called?

The soft, triangular, fleshy part on the underside of a horse's hoof is called the frog. This V-shaped structure is located between the heel bulbs and extends toward the toe, typically occupying about 25% to 33% of the hoof's bottom surface.

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Woodrow Wilson kept a herd of what animal to cut the White House lawn?

During World War I (starting in 1918), President Woodrow Wilson kept a flock of sheep to graze on the White House lawn. The flock, which grew to 48 sheep at its peak, was used to save manpower, provide natural fertilizer, and raise over $50,000 for the Red Cross by auctioning their wool.

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