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Federal government shutdown threatens SNAP food aid as several states scramble to help

October 29, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Federal government shutdown threatens SNAP food aid as several states scramble to help

With federal SNAP food assistance set to run dry this weekend amid the protracted U.S. government shutdown, Louisiana, New Mexico and Vermont became the latest states Wednesday announcing help for low-income households that rely on the funds to […]

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Rare dinosaur mummies help scientists recreate their prehistoric lives

October 25, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Rare dinosaur mummies help scientists recreate their prehistoric lives

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way. These dinosaur remains are different from the wrapped mummies of Egypt or natural human mummies that […]

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In a California farming region, researchers are mapping rural heat to protect farmworkers

October 25, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on In a California farming region, researchers are mapping rural heat to protect farmworkers

In the summers, the sky is jet black when Raul Cruz arrives at this Imperial Valley sugarcane field to start his day. He chops, cleans and bundles the crop, taking heed as the sun rises. […]

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Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies

October 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies

A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world. Peanut allergies began […]

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With confidence and support from each other, more women are redefining baldness as beautiful

October 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on With confidence and support from each other, more women are redefining baldness as beautiful

NEW YORK (AP) — “Being bald is sexy. It’s an attitude. It’s a luxury. It’s a lifestyle.” That’s how Brennan Nevada Johnson, who shaved her head voluntarily 14 years ago, opens the video podcast she launched last […]

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Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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What is the Capital of Louisiana?

Baton Rouge is a city on the Mississippi River, and the capital of Louisiana. Antebellum landmarks include the castle-like Old Louisiana State Capitol, now a museum, and Magnolia Mound Plantation, with its French Creole house. LSU Rural Life Museum is a complex of refurbished buildings illustrating 18th- and 19th-century life. On the river, the USS Kidd is a retired WWII destroyer that is now a museum.

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How old was J. K. Rowling when she published the first Harry Potter book?

J.K. Rowling was 25 years old when the idea for Harry Potter came to her on a train journey in 1990, and she started writing the magical adventure shortly after, living in relative poverty in Edinburgh, Scotland, while working on the manuscript for the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. JK Rowling was 32 when the first Harry Potter book came out. When she was done with the series, she was 42.

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What Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ran on Broadway from 1982 to 2000?

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What star of "The Breakfast Club" was also part of the cast of the TV show "The Facts of Life"?

Molly Ringwald starred in The Breakfast Club and was also one of the original cast members of the first season of The Facts of Life, playing Molly, before the show was retooled and she was let go to focus on her movie career, becoming a teen idol in films like Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink. 

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How many patents did Thomas Edison accumulate during his lifetime?

Thomas Edison accumulated a record 1,093 U.S. patents during his lifetime, with a total of 2,332 patents worldwide, covering inventions in electric light, phonographs, motion pictures, and more, making him one of history's most prolific inventors. 

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