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    • 1. New Hampshire brothers Ryan and Eric Wasson have been regifting the same uneaten box of candy to each other for more than 30 years. 2. South African gymnast Zama Mofokeng performed 31 one-handed back handsprings in a row while alternating hands. 3. In less than two years, Demi Skipper of San Francisco, California, successfully bartered her way through 28 trades, going from a single bobby pin to an entire house!

      CARTOON 01-24-2022

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    • 1. Sailfish can leap out of the water at 68 miles per hour! 2. The Pig War of 1859 was sparked after American Lyman Cutlar shot a British-owned pig for eating his potatoes. 3. A buffet in Changsha, China, banned live-streamers after one man kept visiting the restaurant to stream himself eating up to 9 pounds of food and 30 bottles of soy milk in one sitting!

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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 01-24-2022

1. New Hampshire brothers Ryan and Eric Wasson have been regifting the same uneaten box of candy to each other for more than 30 years. 2. South African gymnast Zama Mofokeng performed 31 one-handed back handsprings in a row while alternating hands. 3. In less than two years, Demi Skipper of San Francisco, California, successfully bartered her way through 28 trades, going from a single bobby pin to an entire house!

CARTOON 01-23-2022

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.

CARTOON 01-22-2022

1. Sailfish can leap out of the water at 68 miles per hour! 2. The Pig War of 1859 was sparked after American Lyman Cutlar shot a British-owned pig for eating his potatoes. 3. A buffet in Changsha, China, banned live-streamers after one man kept visiting the restaurant to stream himself eating up to 9 pounds of food and 30 bottles of soy milk in one sitting!

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