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    • 1. In a Sudanese marriage ritual, newlyweds have a milk-spitting competition to decide who will become head of the household. 2. In 2018, Huntington, New York, changed its name to "Hauntington" for Halloween. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 3. It took more than 1,000 elephants to carry the materials used to build the Taj Mahal.

      CARTOON 04-25-2019

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    • 1. In 1976, Pastor Gerald Green of Breckenridge, Missouri, attracted people to church by promising to preach from the rooftop if enough people showed up. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. "Paper Towns" were fake places added to maps by early mapmakers to prevent forgeries of their work. 3. Lincoln, a Nubian goat, was sworn in as the mayor of Fair Haven, Vermont, on March 12, 2019, signing the oath of office with her hoof print!

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    • 1. In 2019, Robert Fink received a telegram congratulating him on his graduation from The University of Michigan. Fink had graduated 50 years prior - in 1969! 2. The preserved body of Elmer McCurdy was displayed at Pike Amusement Park for decades before workers realized he wasn't a wax figure. 3. In the Yucatan region of Mexico, living beetles are encrusted with jewels and worn as jewelry.

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CARTOON 02-10-2019

Blue scorpion venom is a popular pain medication in Cuba.

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John Graziano John Graziano — February 10, 2019
1. A supercolony of 1.5 million penguins on the Danger Islands around Antarctica has been discovered thanks to their poop stains, visible from space! 2. Abraham Lincoln had the opportunity to populate the United States with Elephants. 3. Fern collection was so popular in the Victorian Era that it had a name: pteridomania. 4. Blue scorpion venom is a popular pain medication in Cuba.

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CARTOON 04-25-2019

1. In a Sudanese marriage ritual, newlyweds have a milk-spitting competition to decide who will become head of the household. 2. In 2018, Huntington, New York, changed its name to "Hauntington" for Halloween. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 3. It took more than 1,000 elephants to carry the materials used to build the Taj Mahal.

CARTOON 04-24-2019

1. In 1976, Pastor Gerald Green of Breckenridge, Missouri, attracted people to church by promising to preach from the rooftop if enough people showed up. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. "Paper Towns" were fake places added to maps by early mapmakers to prevent forgeries of their work. 3. Lincoln, a Nubian goat, was sworn in as the mayor of Fair Haven, Vermont, on March 12, 2019, signing the oath of office with her hoof print!

CARTOON 04-23-2019

1. In 2019, Robert Fink received a telegram congratulating him on his graduation from The University of Michigan. Fink had graduated 50 years prior - in 1969! 2. The preserved body of Elmer McCurdy was displayed at Pike Amusement Park for decades before workers realized he wasn't a wax figure. 3. In the Yucatan region of Mexico, living beetles are encrusted with jewels and worn as jewelry.

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John is only the 7th person to take up the pen illustrating the Ripley`s daily cartoon since 1918.

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