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CARTOON 03-16-2021

Lachschlaganfall is a medical term for when a person laughs so much that they fall unconscious.

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John Graziano John Graziano — March 16, 2021
1. Identical twin babies Addison and Emma Williams were delivered by identical twin nurses, Tori Howard and her sister Tara Drinkard, at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens, Georgia, on September 25, 2019. 2. Lachschlaganfall is a medical term for when a person laughs so much that they fall unconscious. 3. Due to a shortage of cotton during World War I, German army uniforms were made of stinging nettles!
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CARTOON 12-01-2021

1. Dead bodies can get goosebumps. 2. Scientists believe vampire bats are missing 13 genes present in other bat species, which might be what allows them to exist on an all-blood diet. 3. The fossil known as "Big John" sold at auction for $7.7 million in October 2021. Discovered in 2014, it is the largest triceratops fossil ever found, measuring 26 feet long and boasting a 6.6-foot-wide skull!

CARTOON 11-30-2021

1. In 2016, a freight train car derailed in Charles City, Iowa, and slammed into a trackside bar named Derailed! 2. During a 1998 soccer match in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, all 11 members of the away team were killed by a bolt of lightning - the home team was left unharmed. 3. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was the first U.S. TV show to use the word "google" as a verb.

CARTOON 11-29-2021

1. There are more than 15 ways to spell "Hanukkah" in English. 2. Every Litter Bit Hurts! In October 2021, authorities in Scotland rescued a distressed seal that had an energy drink can stuck in its mouth for more than a week. 3. Approximately 100 hippos that are descended from the ones owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar have received recognition as legal persons in the United States.

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