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CARTOON 05-23-2022

The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

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Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Believe It or Not! — May 23, 2022
1. More than 20 years after going missing, two of Charles Darwin's notebooks were secretly returned to Cambridge University Library in March 2022 wrapped in a pink gift bag. 2. Honeybees combine pollen, nectar and saliva to make tiny loaves of "bee bread." 3. The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
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CARTOON 10-07-2022

1. When Tokyo tried to curb its overgrown crow population by destroying their nests, the birds responded by building large numbers of decoy nests! 2. The green code in "The Matrix" was made out of Japanese sushi recipes! Submitted by Jonathan Wijaya, West Jakarta, Indonesia. 3. If you want to buy a car in Japan, you must first prove that you have someplace to park it.

CARTOON 10-06-2022

1. A group of giraffes is called a tower. 2. Eating an apple will give you more sustained energy than drinking a cup of coffee. 3. Pixar's "A Bug's Life" "Monsters, Inc.," "Finding Nemo," and "Wall-E" were all thought up during one casual brainstorm over lunch.

CARTOON 10-05-2022

1. Fifth-generation peanut farmer James Harrell created Peanut Coffee, a drink that tastes like and can be brewed just like a regular cup of joe but is made entirely of peanuts! 2. Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid $15 million for his role in "Terminator 2," or, put another way, $21,429 per word! 3. Notorious cartel boss Pablo Escobar reportedly burned $2 million while on the run with his family in a mountain hideout because his daughter had become hypothermic.

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