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CARTOON 02-21-2017

The Unipiper of Portland, Oregon, rides a unicycle while playing flaming bagpipes wearing a Darth Vader mask.

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John Graziano John Graziano — February 21, 2017
In 18th and 19th Century Scotland, a piece of bread would be placed on the deceased , and a "sin eater" would be hired to eat it and absolve the sins of the dead.--------------------- "100 Years: The Movie You Will Never See," starring John Malkovich, was completed in 2015 and immediately enclosed in a bulletproof safe that will not unlock until November 18, 2115.-------------------- The Unipiper of Portland, Oregon, rides a unicycle while playing flaming bagpipes wearing a Darth Vader mask.
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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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