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Northern lights could be visible in upper fringes of the US this New Year’s Eve

December 30, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Northern lights could be visible in upper fringes of the US this New Year’s Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — There’s a chance solar storms may bring northern lights to several northern U.S states just in time for the new year. The sun expelled two bursts of plasma that are hurtling toward Earth and […]

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Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission

December 30, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission

JARWENG, South Sudan (AP) — Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world’s poorest people. Rarely fatal but searingly painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects […]

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A butterfly collector in Africa with more than 4.2 million seeks to share them for the future

December 30, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on A butterfly collector in Africa with more than 4.2 million seeks to share them for the future

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — What began as a childhood hobby more than six decades ago has led to what might be Africa’s largest butterfly collection in a suburb of Kenya’s capital. Steve Collins, 74, was […]

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Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes in a first for the EU

December 29, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Belgium will ban sales of disposable e-cigarettes in a first for the EU

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium will ban the sale of disposable electronic cigarettes as of Jan. 1 on health and environmental grounds in a groundbreaking move for European Union nations. Health minister Frank Vandenbroucke said the […]

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Nasty norovirus is back in full force with US cases of the stomach virus surging

December 28, 2024 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Nasty norovirus is back in full force with US cases of the stomach virus surging

Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter, according to government data. The most recent numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were 91 […]

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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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