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    • 1. All planets emit frequencies that can be picked up by space probes and translated into sounds - Saturn's sounds like an eerie ghost choir! 2. On April 2, 2022, Angela Tortorice of Dallas, Texas, completed her 1,000th marathon - running a total of 26,200 miles! 3. New Cell, Who Dis? In 2021, researchers studying lung tissue samples discovered a new type of cell previously unknown to science. 4. Oooooh, Really? A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."

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    • 1. At the 2022 MET Gala, Kim Kardashian became the second person to ever wear the dress worn by Marilyn Monroe when she sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy in 1962. 2. In 2013, Los Angeles became the first major city in the world to synchronize all its traffic lights. 3. The opposite of deja vu is "jamais vu," in which you see or experience something that should be familiar yet feels brand new.

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    • 1. There is a rare genetic mutation that allows some people to function on just 6 hours of sleep per night without any apparent ill effects. 2. Between 1888 and 1912, sailors were guided through a dangerous passage in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds by a dolphin named Pelorus Jack! 3. In December 2021, at least 30 manhole covers were stolen from the streets of Chatham County, Georgia. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA.

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CARTOON 05-23-2022

The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

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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 07-03-2022

1. All planets emit frequencies that can be picked up by space probes and translated into sounds - Saturn's sounds like an eerie ghost choir! 2. On April 2, 2022, Angela Tortorice of Dallas, Texas, completed her 1,000th marathon - running a total of 26,200 miles! 3. New Cell, Who Dis? In 2021, researchers studying lung tissue samples discovered a new type of cell previously unknown to science. 4. Oooooh, Really? A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."

CARTOON 07-02-2022

1. At the 2022 MET Gala, Kim Kardashian became the second person to ever wear the dress worn by Marilyn Monroe when she sang "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy in 1962. 2. In 2013, Los Angeles became the first major city in the world to synchronize all its traffic lights. 3. The opposite of deja vu is "jamais vu," in which you see or experience something that should be familiar yet feels brand new.

CARTOON 07-01-2022

1. There is a rare genetic mutation that allows some people to function on just 6 hours of sleep per night without any apparent ill effects. 2. Between 1888 and 1912, sailors were guided through a dangerous passage in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds by a dolphin named Pelorus Jack! 3. In December 2021, at least 30 manhole covers were stolen from the streets of Chatham County, Georgia. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA.

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