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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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1. The first noodles consumed in space? Instant ramen noodles in vacuum packs! 2. Mike Tyson spent an estimated $2.2 million on a solid 24-karat-gold bathtub! 3. In 1922, a circus elephant named Tusko escaped and went on a rampage in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, where he broke into a bar and drank an entire batch of sour mash whiskey!

CARTOON 10-14-2019

1. If you are bitten by a black widow spider and require antivenin, you won't get a quick shot - the antivenin will be diluted and infused over a period of 15 to 30 minutes! 2. In a snake village in Hanoi, Vietnam, you can enjoy cobra blood wine! 3. Despite his powerful onstage presence and frightening stage makeup, "shock rock" musician Alice Cooper doesn't have any tattoos due to his trypanophobia - he's afraid of needles!

CARTOON 10-13-2019

1. In 2015, a man legally named Santa Claus was elected to city council in North Pole, Alaska! 2. In Greek mythology, it was believed that redheads turned into vampires when they died! 3. The city of Oatman, Arizona, hosts a solar egg-frying contest every 4th of July! 4. Happy hours are banned in Ireland!

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