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    • 1. Pizza delivery driver Randy DeGregorio, of Manalapan, New Jersey, can fold 18 cardboard pizza boxes in one minute. 2. 18,818: The number of cupcakes assembled in a cupcake tower standing 41.7 ft. tall in a shopping mall in Chennai, India. 3. A shopper at a grocery store in Mineola, New York, saved 20 cents on some Crisco oil in 2019 by using a 36-year-old coupon with no expiration date.

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    • 1. While attempting to steal gas by siphoning it from a truck outside a store in Portland, Oregon, a thief accidentally set his pants on fire. 2. Hundreds of live fish rained down on cars and streets during a fierce storm in Malta on February 24, 2019. The fish - mostly sea bream - were blown ashore by a combination of gale force winds and rough seas. 3. In 2020, a farmer in Lodi Township, Michigan, built a 250-foot-long wall made of cow dung to separate his land from a neighboring property.

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    • 1. English novelist Graham Greene was so disciplined, he used to write exactly 500 words a day - even if it meant stopping in the middle of a sentence. 2. More than half of American adults still have their childhood teddy bear. 3. U.S. fashion designer Michael Kors worked on his first project - redesigning his mother's wedding dress for her second marriage - when he was only five years old.

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Mr. Electrico: The Sideshow Magician That Inspired Author Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

UFO Roundup: The Most Out-Of-This-World UFO News (So Far!)

Unidentified flying object.

Up Close & Peculiar: The Iconic Yellow Brick

Golden Age Danish Artists Used Beer Byproducts in Their Paintings

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Mushroom Coffins: The Earth Will Thank You Later

Forest mushrooms in the grass.

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Vintage 1960s Cold War radioactive fallout shelter sign.

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CARTOON 01-18-2016

Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King spent their wedding night in a funeral parlor instead of a hotel.

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John Graziano John Graziano — January 18, 2016
Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King spent their wedding night in a funeral parlor instead of a hotel. -------------------- In Arkansas, it is illegal to honk a horn at a sandwich shop after 9:00pm. -------------------- Ed Smiley works at Friendly Kia in New Port Richey, Florida!
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CARTOON 06-08-2023

1. Pizza delivery driver Randy DeGregorio, of Manalapan, New Jersey, can fold 18 cardboard pizza boxes in one minute. 2. 18,818: The number of cupcakes assembled in a cupcake tower standing 41.7 ft. tall in a shopping mall in Chennai, India. 3. A shopper at a grocery store in Mineola, New York, saved 20 cents on some Crisco oil in 2019 by using a 36-year-old coupon with no expiration date.

CARTOON 06-07-2023

1. While attempting to steal gas by siphoning it from a truck outside a store in Portland, Oregon, a thief accidentally set his pants on fire. 2. Hundreds of live fish rained down on cars and streets during a fierce storm in Malta on February 24, 2019. The fish - mostly sea bream - were blown ashore by a combination of gale force winds and rough seas. 3. In 2020, a farmer in Lodi Township, Michigan, built a 250-foot-long wall made of cow dung to separate his land from a neighboring property.

CARTOON 06-06-2023

1. English novelist Graham Greene was so disciplined, he used to write exactly 500 words a day - even if it meant stopping in the middle of a sentence. 2. More than half of American adults still have their childhood teddy bear. 3. U.S. fashion designer Michael Kors worked on his first project - redesigning his mother's wedding dress for her second marriage - when he was only five years old.

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