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    • 1. When 188-year-old Jonathan the tortoise was hatched, Andrew Jackson was president! 2. John F. Kennedy was the first U.S. President who was a boy scout as a child. 3. The Dumbo octopus has two mantle fins resembling elephant ears hence its Disney-inspired name!

      CARTOON 07-02-2020

      John Graziano John Graziano, July 2, 2020
    • 1. The 1960 disaster movie "The Last Voyage" used an actual ocean liner, the SS Île de France, as a prop, partially sinking the massive ship for filming. 2. After the Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. Government issued Mickey Mouse-themed gas masks with the hope that they would be less scary for children. 3. The serpent is a bass wind instrument more than six feet in length and shaped like a snake!

      CARTOON 07-01-2020

      John Graziano John Graziano, July 1, 2020
    • 1. For a learning-from-home lesson, kindergarten and first-grade students of Osceola Science Charter School in Florida created portraits in the style of Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo using objects like fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books! 2. Chewbacca's voice was created from recordings of wild animals, including walruses, lions, bears and badgers! 3. Once thought to have been a species of Apatosaurus, it was given its old name back as its own genus of dinosaur in 2015.

      CARTOON 06-30-2020

      John Graziano John Graziano, June 30, 2020
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Bizarre Elvis Facts That Will Leave You All Shook Up

Elvis Presley

The Cursed Hope Diamond And Its Many “Victims”

cursed hope diamond

Deadly Serious Photography Trends Throughout History

Man Raises Bugs In Broccoli To Become Beautiful Butterflies

white cabbage butterfly

Mysteries of “The Eye”: Could Argentina’s Unusual Island Have Occurred Naturally?

Argentina El Ojo Island

The Ghost Ship Of Northern Kentucky

Yacht Celt prior to WWI, USS Sachem 1917-1919, USS Phenakite 1942-1945

The Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin

Human Skin Books

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CARTOON 05-31-2020

Australia was originally called "New Holland" by Europeans.

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John Graziano John Graziano — May 31, 2020
1. Australia was originally called "New Holland" by Europeans. 2. The real Captain Morgan, the namesake behind the brand of rum, was a Welsh buccaneer who later became Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. 3. The Amazon Rainforest covers an area of approximately 2,300,000 square miles - more than two times the size of Argentina. 4. Not all turkeys gobble. Only males do, which is why male turkeys are called "gobblers"!
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CARTOON 07-02-2020

1. When 188-year-old Jonathan the tortoise was hatched, Andrew Jackson was president! 2. John F. Kennedy was the first U.S. President who was a boy scout as a child. 3. The Dumbo octopus has two mantle fins resembling elephant ears hence its Disney-inspired name!

CARTOON 07-01-2020

1. The 1960 disaster movie "The Last Voyage" used an actual ocean liner, the SS Île de France, as a prop, partially sinking the massive ship for filming. 2. After the Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. Government issued Mickey Mouse-themed gas masks with the hope that they would be less scary for children. 3. The serpent is a bass wind instrument more than six feet in length and shaped like a snake!

CARTOON 06-30-2020

1. For a learning-from-home lesson, kindergarten and first-grade students of Osceola Science Charter School in Florida created portraits in the style of Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo using objects like fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books! 2. Chewbacca's voice was created from recordings of wild animals, including walruses, lions, bears and badgers! 3. Once thought to have been a species of Apatosaurus, it was given its old name back as its own genus of dinosaur in 2015.

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