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    • 1. A hogshead is a unit of measurement equal to 63 gallons. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. Al Capone played banjo in an inmate band called "The Rock Islanders" while incarcerated on Alcatraz Island. 3. Astronomers recently spotted a dying galaxy bleeding out 10,000 suns' worth of gas each year. Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN.

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    • 1. Despite being native to Australia and New Guinea, the kookaburra's laughlike call is a common sound effect used in many movies and shows set in jungles around the world and is often mistaken for monkey howls. 2. Archaeologists in China recently unearthed a 3,000-year-old clay pig that looks like its from the "Angry Birds" game. Submitted by Jonathan Wijaya West Jakarta, Indonesia 3. In 1911, stuntman Bobby Leach survived going over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel, but died 15 years later from slipping on an orange peel and getting gangrene.

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    • 1. Carrots are actually bad for rabbits. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. Mac Daddy! The Irwin, Pennsylvania, McDonald's location is also a Bic Mac museum. 3. The skipper butterfly can fly up to 37 miles per hour! 4. The current person third in the line of U.S. presidential succession, Senator Patrick Leahy, has been in five "Batman" movies - more than any actor who has played the caped crusader!

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CARTOON 01-26-2021

Serving the city of Start, Louisiana, is the Start Fire Department.

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1. Mixed Messages? Serving the city of Start, Louisiana, is the Start Fire Department. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. St. Lawrence - patron saint of cooks, among other things - was said to have been sentenced to death by slow roasting, and reportedly told his tormentors to, "turn me over - I'm done on this side!" Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN. 3. When the "Mona Lisa" was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, the empty space left behind drew more visitors than the actual painting ever had up until that point.
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CARTOON 03-02-2021

1. A hogshead is a unit of measurement equal to 63 gallons. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. Al Capone played banjo in an inmate band called "The Rock Islanders" while incarcerated on Alcatraz Island. 3. Astronomers recently spotted a dying galaxy bleeding out 10,000 suns' worth of gas each year. Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN.

CARTOON 03-01-2021

1. Despite being native to Australia and New Guinea, the kookaburra's laughlike call is a common sound effect used in many movies and shows set in jungles around the world and is often mistaken for monkey howls. 2. Archaeologists in China recently unearthed a 3,000-year-old clay pig that looks like its from the "Angry Birds" game. Submitted by Jonathan Wijaya West Jakarta, Indonesia 3. In 1911, stuntman Bobby Leach survived going over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel, but died 15 years later from slipping on an orange peel and getting gangrene.

CARTOON 02-28-2021

1. Carrots are actually bad for rabbits. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. Mac Daddy! The Irwin, Pennsylvania, McDonald's location is also a Bic Mac museum. 3. The skipper butterfly can fly up to 37 miles per hour! 4. The current person third in the line of U.S. presidential succession, Senator Patrick Leahy, has been in five "Batman" movies - more than any actor who has played the caped crusader!

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