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Not the actual river, but hey, it’s royalty free. Better than being sued by some angry Californian. Welcome kids to Geography class. Today we’re talking about rivers — this was my least favourite subject in Geography, what with U-Shaped Rivers, erosion, and V-shaped valleys. Just a few GCSE trigger words for you there. Don’t panic, the San Benito River might actually be interesting — could there be gold under there? Could this be the place where people go “sleeping with the fishes” for the Californian mafia? The San Benito River is a river found on the central west coast of California, spanning 109 miles. Historically the river was home to the Mutsun and Chalon subgroups of Ohlone Native Americans. In present day, the river is home to homeless encampments and a several year build-up of trash, garbage, rubbish, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial Atari game , whatever you want to call it. The clear up has begun, however, as the homeless encampment and the trash was removed in...

A high school in Scales Mound, Illinois. That’s it. No scandals. Thank you everybody, I’ll grab my coat. But we don’t want to give you that! That’s not the spirit of Click Random. Here’s what I got. Scales Mound High School is a public four-year high school with a total enrolment of 63 students or “less than 300 students” according to their official website . 63 or less than 300, I know which sounds better to me. Their athletics mascot is a hornet. Unfortunately, the hornet could not produce enough sting — the school has zero state championships, though the volleyball and basketball team achieved second place in the Illinois High School Association Division 1A in 2010 and 2011 respectively. The school achieved a bronze award by U.S. News and World Report. They scored a 42% in maths proficiency, and a 60% in English proficiency. Probably a higher proficiency than this blog. I was quite surprised to read that all aspiring students must complete a development...

This is what Click Random is all about. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Eat too much honey, Mr. Tooth Decay comes after thee. I think we’ve stumbled upon a gem here today, guys! This truly is a knockout. In the blue corner, it’s the malevolent Mr. Tooth Decay *boos from the crowd*. In the red corner, accompanied by his gang, “The Greatest” Muhammad Ali! Let’s get ready to rumble! Given the seal of approval by the American Dental Association, The album begins with Ali’s historically accurate theme , — it’s quite the earworm — which includes an appropriate chorus: “Ali’s always getting blamed for things he didn’t do. Just because he likes to scrap, and maybe sometimes you. People wanna blame that man, although he wasn’t there. Maybe we should take a look, the blame could well be shared! Sounds like someone doesn’t want to take responsibility for his own album. The forty minute album continues with an appearance of Ol’ Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra. P...

Clickbait Barbarian. Another short Wikipedia article today, though surprisingly not a “stub”. Castel Rigone is a picturesque Italian village with a medieval past. A territorial subdivision (Frazione) of a township (Comune) in the province of Perugia, Castel Rigone is home to approximately 406 citizens. The village is believed to have been founded by Rigo or Riggo, lieutenant of Ostrogoth king Totila, in 543 AD with the purpose of establishing a base during the Gothic War (535 AD — 554 AD) fought between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy.  The Ostrogoths were a subdivision of the Goths, a Germanic people and a pain in the backside for the Roman Empire believed to have originated in Southern Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, or Sweden). Following this, Castel Rigone was fortified in 1297 when the village was constructed — if only they could finish constructing their website .  Since 1984, Castel Rigone recognises its history with The...

Search “Boxing” for royalty free images, and this is what you get. Completely unrelated, but I couldn’t pass on using this image! W e are sticking with the theme of sport for today’s post, but rather than a home run, this blog will be a knockout... I wish. Boško Drašković – a name that will require a number of copy and paste jobs throughout this piece – is a Montenegrin (a citizen of Montenegro) light heavyweight boxer and in 2012 he became the second ever Montenegrin light heavyweight competitor to compete in the Olympic Games. This means that he must have weighed 81kg or approximately 178.5lbs or 12.7st or 0.079 imperial tonnes. This is already more information than the English Wikipedia provides, as this article is considered a “stub”. Charming. Although, it is helpful to know that Boško Drašković is listed under the “Living people” category. Here’s hoping I’ll make that list one day. Sadly for Drašković, he lost to Nicaraguan Osmar Bravo in the first round. ...

“All I wanted to do was play baseball” A Harvard graduate and a Major League Baseball player from 1932 to 1934, pitching (throwing the ball) for the New York Yankees, Charlie Devens was the last surviving member of the 1932 World Series. A championship playoff famed for Babe Ruth’s accurate – though disputed – prediction that he would hit his last ever home run to centre field (straight ahead of the batter). Before we turn our attention to Charlie, here’s a question for you. Which future President of the United States threw the ceremonial first pitch during the third game of the 1932 World Series? Find the answer below the sources. Although part of the Yankees team in 1932, Charlie Devens did not have the honour of pitching during the 1932 World Series. Maybe the stress of not pitching gave him longevity in life, living until the ripe age of 93. In a 1933 interview, Devens’ himself describes the life of a baseball player “a lazy man’s existence”: “You rise at about...

A Nuclear Monstrosity A riveting first article detailing a former Canadian uranium company in Cheyenne, Wyoming, founded in 2004 and absorbed into the Energy Metal Corporation in 2007, thus increasing their ownership of 105,000 acres of uranium property to approximately over 165,000 acres in Wyoming and from 10,000 to 20,000 in Texas. It appears that this acquisition cost Energy Metal Corporation 52 million Canadian Dollars (~ 40 Million USD, 31 Million GBP)… just another day at the office. By all accounts, it seems that this corporation (owned by Canadian company Uranium One – possibly a Random Article for another time) is relatively successful. As the second largest producer of uranium, who knew Canadians would hold such a stake in the uranium market? Maybe it’s the Canadian politeness, eh? Can you guess the world leader in uranium production? Find the answer below the sources. Back to the real star of the show. High Plains Uranium had two notable operations in place, ...