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    • 1. Tattoo artist Monty Richthofen (AKA Maison Hefner), from London, England, runs a project called "My Words, Your Body," where clients allow him to ink motivational quotes of his choice onto their bodies. 2. Freddie Mercury used an upright piano as a headboard for his bed so that he could play tunes that came to him in his dreams. 3. British-born Dominic Johnson-Hill, owner of a souvenir shop in Beijing, China, sells cans of polluted Beijing city air to tourists for $4 each.

      CARTOON 06-09-2023

      Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Believe It or Not!, June 9, 2023
    • 1. Pizza delivery driver Randy DeGregorio, of Manalapan, New Jersey, can fold 18 cardboard pizza boxes in one minute. 2. 18,818: The number of cupcakes assembled in a cupcake tower standing 41.7 ft. tall in a shopping mall in Chennai, India. 3. A shopper at a grocery store in Mineola, New York, saved 20 cents on some Crisco oil in 2019 by using a 36-year-old coupon with no expiration date.

      CARTOON 06-08-2023

      Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Believe It or Not!, June 8, 2023
    • 1. While attempting to steal gas by siphoning it from a truck outside a store in Portland, Oregon, a thief accidentally set his pants on fire. 2. Hundreds of live fish rained down on cars and streets during a fierce storm in Malta on February 24, 2019. The fish - mostly sea bream - were blown ashore by a combination of gale force winds and rough seas. 3. In 2020, a farmer in Lodi Township, Michigan, built a 250-foot-long wall made of cow dung to separate his land from a neighboring property.

      CARTOON 06-07-2023

      Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Believe It or Not!, June 7, 2023
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Blockbuster: The Rise and Fall Of The Iconic Video Store

Japanese Citizens Are Paying Experts To Learn How To Smile

Crowd in Tokyo, Japan

Mr. Electrico: The Sideshow Magician That Inspired Author Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

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Unidentified flying object.

Up Close & Peculiar: The Iconic Yellow Brick

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CARTOON 05-20-2022

Venus fly-traps are native only to North and South Carolina.

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1. More Like The Boring '20s! Jazz music and dancing were banned in New Orleans public schools in 1922, and the policy wasn't reversed until 100 years later! 2. Venus fly-traps are native only to North and South Carolina. 3. There were never "57 varieties" of Heinz products. The number was chosen simply because company founder H.J. Heinz liked it.
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CARTOON 06-09-2023

1. Tattoo artist Monty Richthofen (AKA Maison Hefner), from London, England, runs a project called "My Words, Your Body," where clients allow him to ink motivational quotes of his choice onto their bodies. 2. Freddie Mercury used an upright piano as a headboard for his bed so that he could play tunes that came to him in his dreams. 3. British-born Dominic Johnson-Hill, owner of a souvenir shop in Beijing, China, sells cans of polluted Beijing city air to tourists for $4 each.

CARTOON 06-08-2023

1. Pizza delivery driver Randy DeGregorio, of Manalapan, New Jersey, can fold 18 cardboard pizza boxes in one minute. 2. 18,818: The number of cupcakes assembled in a cupcake tower standing 41.7 ft. tall in a shopping mall in Chennai, India. 3. A shopper at a grocery store in Mineola, New York, saved 20 cents on some Crisco oil in 2019 by using a 36-year-old coupon with no expiration date.

CARTOON 06-07-2023

1. While attempting to steal gas by siphoning it from a truck outside a store in Portland, Oregon, a thief accidentally set his pants on fire. 2. Hundreds of live fish rained down on cars and streets during a fierce storm in Malta on February 24, 2019. The fish - mostly sea bream - were blown ashore by a combination of gale force winds and rough seas. 3. In 2020, a farmer in Lodi Township, Michigan, built a 250-foot-long wall made of cow dung to separate his land from a neighboring property.

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