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    • 1. The extinct eagle shark, Aquilolamna milarcae, lived 93 million years ago and glided through the water with winglike fins that spanned wider than the length of the shark's body. Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN. 2. Andrew and Pamela Boychuk of Palm City, Florida, received a rude awakening on the morning of May 19, 2021, when a two-foot-wide chunk of ice inexplicably fell from the sky and smashed a hole through their roof! 3. A German shepherd named Bear was credited with saving a Westchester County, New York, church from completely burning down in May 2021 after he barked to wake his owner and alert her to the fire, allowing her to call 911.

      CARTOON 08-03-2021

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Tourists Get Bang For Their Buck With White Whale Sighting

Swimming After You Eat? Yes, You Can.

Swimming After Eating OR NOT

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San Diego ComicCon Promotion

The Olympic Flames: Burning From Ancient To Modern

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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 08-03-2021

1. The extinct eagle shark, Aquilolamna milarcae, lived 93 million years ago and glided through the water with winglike fins that spanned wider than the length of the shark's body. Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN. 2. Andrew and Pamela Boychuk of Palm City, Florida, received a rude awakening on the morning of May 19, 2021, when a two-foot-wide chunk of ice inexplicably fell from the sky and smashed a hole through their roof! 3. A German shepherd named Bear was credited with saving a Westchester County, New York, church from completely burning down in May 2021 after he barked to wake his owner and alert her to the fire, allowing her to call 911.

CARTOON 08-02-2021

1. A McDonald's chicken nugget resembling a character from the video game "Among Us" sold on EBay in June 2021 for $99,997! 2. Scientists have grown human Neanderthal "mini-brains" - clusters of cultured brain cells - in a lab to hopefully unlock secrets to the development of homo sapiens. Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN. 3. The Gila monster of the Southwestern U.S. and Northwestern Mexico is the most venomous lizard in the world.

CARTOON 08-01-2021

1. A 1794 prototype of the first U.S. dollar coin recently sold for $840,000 at auction. 2. Reunited! Brandy, a brown tabby cat who went missing 15 years ago, was recently reunited with her owner, Charles, after being found 40 miles away from his home in Los Angeles. 3. After a midair emergency in December 2020, pilot Craig Gifford successfully landed his single-engine plane on Minnesota's 35W Freeway. 4. The blood of horseshoe crabs is milky blue and a vital component in medical research!

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