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    • 1. In 2012, Austrian Felix Baumgartner became the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, falling at more than 830 mph. 2. On April 13, 2022, Fatou at the Berlin Zoo in Germany, the oldest known gorilla in the world, turned 65. 3. The average person in the Netherlands gets 8 hours and 5 minutes of sleep per night.

      CARTOON 05-27-2022

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    • 1. Sperm whales only have teeth on their lower jaw - their upper jaw contains sockets the teeth fit into. 2. In 1999, Stephen King was almost killed after being struck by a van, and soon afterward bought the vehicle that hit him! 3. During World War I, trained mercy dogs would seek out wounded soldiers on the battlefield and provide them with first-aid supplies or comfort in their final moments.

      CARTOON 05-26-2022

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    • 1. Trilobites living up to 541 million years ago in what is now Australia may have been the first-ever cannibals. 2. If you typed for eight hours a day at a rate of 60 words per minute, it would still take you about 50 years to type the entire human genome. 3. If the sun suddenly blew up, we wouldn't know until 8 minutes and 20 seconds after the fact, since that's how long it takes or sunlight to reach earth.

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CARTOON 01-23-2022

On October 29, 2021, illusionist Jackson Rayne completed 300 straitjacket escapes in eight hours.

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1. Ulu Travel in Hong Kong, China, offers five-hour bus rides to nowhere with the purpose of lulling passengers to sleep. 2. The 2021 winner of the New Zealand-based "Bird of the Year" award was the long-tailed bat - a mammal. 3. Mantis shrimps can swing their claws so fast that the motion creates flashes of light and boils the surrounding water. 4. On October 29, 2021, illusionist Jackson Rayne completed 300 straitjacket escapes in eight hours.
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CARTOON 05-27-2022

1. In 2012, Austrian Felix Baumgartner became the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, falling at more than 830 mph. 2. On April 13, 2022, Fatou at the Berlin Zoo in Germany, the oldest known gorilla in the world, turned 65. 3. The average person in the Netherlands gets 8 hours and 5 minutes of sleep per night.

CARTOON 05-26-2022

1. Sperm whales only have teeth on their lower jaw - their upper jaw contains sockets the teeth fit into. 2. In 1999, Stephen King was almost killed after being struck by a van, and soon afterward bought the vehicle that hit him! 3. During World War I, trained mercy dogs would seek out wounded soldiers on the battlefield and provide them with first-aid supplies or comfort in their final moments.

CARTOON 05-25-2022

1. Trilobites living up to 541 million years ago in what is now Australia may have been the first-ever cannibals. 2. If you typed for eight hours a day at a rate of 60 words per minute, it would still take you about 50 years to type the entire human genome. 3. If the sun suddenly blew up, we wouldn't know until 8 minutes and 20 seconds after the fact, since that's how long it takes or sunlight to reach earth.

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