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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. Despite its "Sunshine State" nickname, Florida is not the sunniest U.S. state - it's Arizona! 2. Elvis Presley made his first record at the age of 18. It was a gift for his mother and cost just $4! 3. The sacred Uluru - Ayers Rock - in Australia, rises 1,142 feet above the ground, but it is estimated that more than 1.5 miles of the rock extend underground! 4. In 1992, a shipping crate fell overboard spilling 28,000 rubber ducks into the ocean - it took 20 years for them all to wash ashore!

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CARTOON 12-08-2019

John Graziano, December 8, 2019

Despite its “Sunshine State” nickname, Florida is not the sunniest U.S. state – it’s Arizona!

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1. A school in San Pablo, Philippines, was built entirely out of recycled plastic soda bottles filled with adobe, a concrete substitute made of dirt, straw and water. 2. The stickers on fruit are adhered with food-safe adhesive. 3. Tootsie Rolls® begin life as a massive 13-pound-block before being cut down into bite-size pieces!

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CARTOON 12-07-2019

John Graziano, December 7, 2019

The stickers on fruit are adhered with food-safe adhesive.

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1. The Modern Toilet Restaurant in Taiwan serves food in miniature toilet bowls! 2. The Hawaiian alphabet only has 13 letters - five vowels and eight consonants! 3. In 18th-century Paris, it was fashionable to wear hats and umbrellas with lightning rods attached!

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CARTOON 12-06-2019

John Graziano, December 6, 2019

The Hawaiian alphabet only has 13 letters – five vowels and eight consonants!

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1. Rats do not sweat. They regulate their temperature by constricting or expanding blood vessels in their tails! 2. 526 - the number of teeth removed from the mouth of a seven-year-old in India! 3. It took 600 artists six years to animate Disney's "Sleeping Beauty"!

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CARTOON 12-05-2019

John Graziano, December 5, 2019

526 – the number of teeth removed from the mouth of a seven-year-old in India!

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1. Melody, a dalmatian from Australia, gave birth to a record 19 puppies in February 2019. 2. Ron Sveden inhaled a pea and it sprouted in his lung! 3. Goat eyes have rectangular pupils!

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CARTOON 12-04-2019

John Graziano, December 4, 2019

Ron Sveden inhaled a pea and it sprouted in his lung!

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1. The Church of Kopimism in Sweden was officially recognized as a new religion. Believers consider file-sharing as holy and CTRL+C and CTRL+V as sacred symbols! 2. The National Mustard Museum in Middleton, Wisconsin, features more than 5,624 mustards from all 50 states and more than 70 countries. There's even a mustard vending machine! 3. A Brazilian woman was always late to work due to her alarm malfunctioning. The culprit? Her cat, Joaquim, would swipe his paw on the screen to silence it!

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CARTOON 12-03-2019

John Graziano, December 3, 2019

The Church of Kopimism in Sweden was officially recognized as a new religion. Believers consider file-sharing as holy and CTRL+C and CTRL+V as sacred symbols!

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1. Firefighters in Dubai tackle blazes while wearing jetpacks! 2. Amateur chemist and photography enthusiast Robert Cornelius took the world's first selfie in 1839! 3. Since the lights on the Eiffel Tower are considered artistic work, it is technically illegal to take and post photos of it at night.

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CARTOON 12-02-2019

John Graziano, December 2, 2019

Firefighters in Dubai tackle blazes while wearing jetpacks!

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1. At Gordo's American Diner in Holon, Israel, you can get a dessert of chocolate mousse and pineapple preserves served in a toilet bowl! 2. In "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," the candy flower cup that Gene Wilder bit into was actually made of wax! 3. In "Toy Story," Buzz Lightyear's original name was Lunar Larry! 4. It's illegal to own a hamster in Hawaii!

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CARTOON 12-01-2019

John Graziano, December 1, 2019

It’s illegal to own a hamster in Hawaii!

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1. Baby Christina Malone-Brown was born on 9/11/19, at 9:11 P.M., weighing 9 pounds 11 ounces! 2. During the 15th century, hedgehogs were called urchins! 3. To celebrate the city's history, Copenhagen, Denmark, uses green and red crossing signals featuring a viking to moderate pedestrian crosswalks. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA.

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CARTOON 11-30-2019

John Graziano, November 30, 2019

During the 15th century, hedgehogs were called urchins!

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1. A honeybee's alarm pheromone smells just like bananas! 2. Despite losing his left left in a hunting accident when he was younger, Larry Sanftner of Northfield, Minnesota, is the kicking coach for the Northfield High School football team. 3. William Phelps Eno, the man who invented the stop sign, crosswalk, traffic circle and one-way street, never learned to drive!

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CARTOON 11-29-2019

John Graziano, November 29, 2019

A honeybee’s alarm pheromone smells just like bananas!

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