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    • 1. Frogs hydrate by absorbing water directly through a "drinking patch" of skin located on their bellies. 2. West Indian and West African manatees have fingernails at the tips of their flippers. 3. Ladybugs can fly almost as fast as a racehorse can run - up to 37 miles per hour!

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    • 1. In 1518, the European city of Strasbourg was struck by a dancing plague that lasted for months and infected up to 400 people with a compulsion to dance for days. 2. Elephants can't jump. 3. Smiling is contagious.

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CARTOON 05-17-2020

The flag of Denmark is the oldest continuously used national flag.

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John Graziano John Graziano — May 17, 2020
1. The flag of Denmark is the oldest continuously used national flag. 2. Defying odds of 1 in 2.1 million, California father Ivan Rebollar Cortez shares a leap year birthday with his newborn baby daughter, Camila! 3. An approximately 150-year-old tree at the Ashikaga Flower Park is believed to be the oldest living wisteria in Japan, so massive that its branches are supported by beams. 4. The bloody-nosed beetle defends itself by squirting a blood-red liquid from its head!
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CARTOON 05-19-2022

1. Frogs hydrate by absorbing water directly through a "drinking patch" of skin located on their bellies. 2. West Indian and West African manatees have fingernails at the tips of their flippers. 3. Ladybugs can fly almost as fast as a racehorse can run - up to 37 miles per hour!

CARTOON 05-18-2022

1. In 1518, the European city of Strasbourg was struck by a dancing plague that lasted for months and infected up to 400 people with a compulsion to dance for days. 2. Elephants can't jump. 3. Smiling is contagious.

CARTOON 05-17-2022

1. Hamsters can run up to six miles every night on their exercise wheels. 2. Holy Pyramid! The Jewish Life Centre of Johannesburg, South Africa, celebrated Hanukkah in 2018 with a 5-foot-tall pyramid featuring more than 3,000 doughnuts. 3. About 90 percent of people who live to be 110 years old are women.

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