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CARTOON 01-12-2022

In July 2021, Australian man Neville Sharp let out a record-breaking burp registering 112.4 decibels - louder than a gas-powered lawn mower!

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1. In July 2021, Australian man Neville Sharp let out a record-breaking burp registering 112.4 decibels - louder than a gas-powered lawn mower! 2. In early 2021, researchers found a nearly 8-inch-long amphibious centipede hunting river shrimp in Japan - the first new centipede species discovered in the country in 143 years! 3. In July 2017, a truck carrying 7,500 pounds of hagfish overturned on a highway in Depoe Bay, Oregon, coating cars in slime and requiring a bulldozer to push them off the road!
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CARTOON 11-30-2022

1. Actor Henry Cavill initially missed director Zack Snyder's phone call about starring as Superman in "Man of Steel" because he was too busy playing "World of Warcraft." 2. In 1999, hackers revealed a security flaw in Hotmail that permitted anybody to log into any Hotmail account by using the password "eh." 3. In the U.S., ransomware payments can be tax-deductible!

CARTOON 11-29-2022

1. Actor Macaulay Culkin was paid around $100,000 for "Home Alone" but $4.5 million for "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York." 2. When "Hey Ya!" by OutKast, featuring the lyrics "shake it like a Polaroid picture," became a hit song, the camera company issue a statement warning people that rapidly moving modern Polaroid film can distort the image! 3. Believe It or Not! Tree populations in the U.S. have been steadily shifting west, and no one is sure why.

CARTOON 11-28-2022

1. When the crowd at Nirvana's 1992 show in Buenos Aires, Argentina, threw mud and trash at the all-female opening act, the band responded with an improvised set list of lesser-known songs, each one preceded with a tease of the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" intro. 2. Goldfish can remember things for months. 3. What most people consider "bird poop" is actually both bird urine and feces.

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