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Ripley’s daily fun facts cartoon was started in 1918 by Robert Ripley. The cartoon contains stories so bizarre it can only be called “Believe It or Not!”

1. Saguaro cacti, the largest cacti in the U.S., are extremely slow-growing, sometimes reaching a height of just 1.5 inches in 10 years. 2. In 2018, baseball pitcher Oliver Drake played for five different MLB teams in the same season. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 3. Coyotes and badgers sometimes hunt together.

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CARTOON 11-27-2020

John Graziano, November 27, 2020

Coyotes and badgers sometimes hunt together.

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1. Baby blue whales can gain weight at the rate of up to 10 pounds an hour! 2. John Hancock was the only one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence to sign it on July 4th! 3. A mimetolith is a natural topographic feature that resembles something else, such as Lion Rock in Cheddar, England.

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CARTOON 11-26-2020

John Graziano, November 26, 2020

Baby blue whales can gain weight at the rate of up to 10 pounds an hour!

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1. In 1913, Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers became the first baseball player to earn a five-figure salary at $12,000 a year. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. In 2019, a group of salmon farmers off the coast of Canada's Vancouver Island rescued a bald eagle from the deadly grip of an octopus! 3. Archaeologists in Peru recently discovered a more than 120-foot-long, 2,000-year-old geoglyph in the shape of a cat! Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN.

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CARTOON 11-25-2020

John Graziano, November 25, 2020

Archaeologists in Peru recently discovered a more than 120-foot-long, 2,000-year-old geoglyph in the shape of a cat!

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1. No grass grows around the gravestones of bank-robbing lovers Bonnie and Clyde. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. Italian acrobat Nicolo Saverino, AKA "Mutant Man," has 70% of his body covered in black tattoos. The body modification enthusiast also has facial piercings, horn implants, notched ears and a split tongue! Submitted by John Corcoran, Orlando, FL. 3. Whirligig water beetles have two pairs of eyes, allowing them to see above and below the water surface at the same time.

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CARTOON 10-24-2020

John Graziano, November 24, 2020

No grass grows around the gravestones of bank-robbing lovers Bonnie and Clyde.

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1. The first name of U.S. President Cleveland was not Grover, it was Stephen! 2. While cleaning out a shark that had died in their net, a group of fishermen in Indonesia were shocked to find a pure white cyclops shark fetus! 3. Walruses use their tusks to drag themselves out of the water and onto the ice.

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CARTOON 11-23-2020

John Graziano, November 23, 2020

The first name of U.S. President Cleveland was not Grover, it was Stephen!

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1. A wayward emu was captured after roaming the streets of Paterson, New Jersey, recently. Where it came from is a mystery, as emus are native to Australia. 2. Yawning cools your brain! 3. Best Buds! It is rare, but dogs can have identical twins! 4. Theresa Furrer spins cat and dog fur into yarn to make wearable garments as keepsakes for their owners.

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CARTOON 11-22-2020

John Graziano, November 22, 2020

Yawning cools your brain!

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1. In 1859, Charles Blondin became the first person to walk a tightrope across the Niagara Gorge, downstream from the falls. It wasn't until 2012 that someone, Nik Wallenda, crossed on a tightrope directly over the falls. 2. Circus Roncalli in Germany uses holograms instead of live animals. 3. Corona Bling! Israeli jewelry company Yvel has designed an 18-karat white gold, diamond-encrusted coronavirus mask worth $1.5 million!

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CARTOON 11-21-2020

John Graziano, November 21, 2020

Circus Roncalli in Germany uses holograms instead of live animals.

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1. Lee Spencer of Devon, England, rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean, from Portugal to French Guiana in South America in 60 days - despite having only one leg. He made the 3,800-mile crossing 36 days faster than any able-bodied rower. 2. Lulu Hurst AKA "The Georgia Wonder" wowed audiences in the late 19th century with demonstrations of miraculous physical strength - later revealed to be clever applications of the law of physics! 3. The FBI once investigated The Kingsmen's version of "Louie, Louie."

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CARTOON 11-20-2020

John Graziano, November 20, 2020

The FBI once investigated The Kingsmen’s version of “Louie, Louie.”

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1. Dolphins have multi-chambered stomachs. 2. Steve Jenne of Illinois has kept Richard Nixon's half-eaten sandwich for 60 years! 3. Eggs-Tra-Terrestrial! On March 22, 1990, a Japanese quail hatched on the Mir space station, becoming the first vertebrate born in space!

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CARTOON 11-19-2020

John Graziano, November 19, 2020

Dolphins have multi-chambered stomachs.

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1. James Dean's 400-pound pink granite tombstone has been stolen three times! Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. The brain consumes about 20% of our caloric intake. 3. In January 2020, a goat was born in India with a mutation that caused it to have an eerie human-like face.

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CARTOON 11-18-2020

John Graziano, November 18, 2020

The brain consumes about 20% of our caloric intake.

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