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California bill would require restaurants to disclose food allergens on menus

August 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on California bill would require restaurants to disclose food allergens on menus

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Braxton Kimura dreads eating at restaurants. The California teenager is severely allergic to peanuts, shellfish and most tree nuts. Consuming even a tiny amount could send him to the emergency […]

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Bones of ancient child suggest humans could have interbred with Neanderthals earlier than thought

August 23, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Bones of ancient child suggest humans could have interbred with Neanderthals earlier than thought

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Modern humans and Neanderthals were interacting 100,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to researchers who used CT scans and 3D mapping to study the bones of a child they believe was the […]

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Congress: Stop Medicare Advantage Overpayments, Improve the Program

August 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Congress: Stop Medicare Advantage Overpayments, Improve the Program

Today, 54% of all Medicare patients get their coverage through Medicare Advantage, or MA. That’s Medicare’s popular system of private health plans—and currently, it’s the only viable alternative to enrollment in traditional (fee-for service) Medicare. But future payment for […]

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What to know about powerful Hurricane Erin as it heads past the US East Coast

August 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on What to know about powerful Hurricane Erin as it heads past the US East Coast

Hurricane Erin is creating potentially deadly beach conditions all along the U.S. East Coast days before the largest waves are expected, with high winds and flooding anticipated in North Carolina by Wednesday night. Erin lost some strength Tuesday […]

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Scientists get a rare peek inside of an exploding star

August 20, 2025 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Scientists get a rare peek inside of an exploding star

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists for the first time have spotted the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare peek into stellar evolution. Stars can live for millions to trillions of years until […]

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Friday 12/05

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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From what language did English borrow the word "ukulele"?

In the Hawaiian language the word ukulele roughly translates as 'jumping flea', perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise.

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On what show did Heather Locklear make her TV debut in a recurring role?

In 1982, Locklear began a long term association with television producer Aaron Spelling. First, she was cast in a recurring role as Sammy Jo Dean on Spelling's Dynasty. The following year, while still appearing on Dynasty, Locklear took on a starring role as Officer Stacy Sheridan on the police drama T.J. Hooker.

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Originally called pimento, what popular spice was first grown in Jamaica?

Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.

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Who recorded the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"?

"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985).

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Who wrote the book "Gone with the Wind"?

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind.

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