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    • 1. The Swiss canton of Fribourg offers 100 bottles of wine to residents on their 100th birthday. 2. After surviving 55 assassination attempts, Albania's King Zog I died in 1961 at 65 of an unspecified condition. 3. Robert O'Connor of Elyria, Ohio, boasts a collection of "Ghostbusters" memorabilia - signed LPs, action figures, production props and more - that's over 1,200 pieces strong!

      CARTOON 12-06-2023

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    • 1. Finnish skier Kalle Jalkanen helped his team win gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics despite stopping to retrieve his dentures during the last leg of the cross-country skiing relay! 2. A year after losing his right leg in a climbing accident, Zsolt Eross of Hungary scaled the 27,940-foot-tall Lhotse Peak in the Himalayas using a prosthetic leg. 3. In December 2021, scientists discovered glowing blue snow in the Russian Arctic, the result of tiny, bioluminescent crustaceans called copepods swept ashore and frozen!

      CARTOON 12-05-2023

      Ripley's Believe It or Not! Ripley's Believe It or Not!, December 5, 2023
    • 1. The L-shaped "Sunflower House" of Verona, Italy, sits atop a turntable foundation, allowing it to rotate with the sun's daily progress across the sky. 2. Self-taught horticulturist Kaleem Ullah Khan, from Malihabad, India, cultivated a tree capable of producing 300 varieties of mango. 3. The Spanish city of Seville converts its leftover oranges into electricity, with the methane from the fermented fruits used to power a generator.

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The Strangest Final Resting Places Of Celebrities

celebrity graves

Thomas Edison Did Not Invent The Light Bulb

thomas edison

The Hair-Raising Truth About Troll Dolls

troll dolls

Are There Bodies Buried In The Hoover Dam?

hoover dam deaths

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Hippo Meat Nearly Became An American Food Staple

hippo meat

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CARTOON 09-18-2023

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar took 184 selfies with fans in just three minutes!

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1. On July 31, 2023, Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, welcomed the birth of a rare spotless giraffe. 2. Bollywood star Akshay Kumar took 184 selfies with fans in just three minutes! 3. Vermont's Sticky Brand Creative Group made a giant ball measuring 7.1 feet in circumference and weighing 308.25 pounds from 250,000 recycled stickers.
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CARTOON 12-06-2023

1. The Swiss canton of Fribourg offers 100 bottles of wine to residents on their 100th birthday. 2. After surviving 55 assassination attempts, Albania's King Zog I died in 1961 at 65 of an unspecified condition. 3. Robert O'Connor of Elyria, Ohio, boasts a collection of "Ghostbusters" memorabilia - signed LPs, action figures, production props and more - that's over 1,200 pieces strong!

CARTOON 12-05-2023

1. Finnish skier Kalle Jalkanen helped his team win gold at the 1936 Winter Olympics despite stopping to retrieve his dentures during the last leg of the cross-country skiing relay! 2. A year after losing his right leg in a climbing accident, Zsolt Eross of Hungary scaled the 27,940-foot-tall Lhotse Peak in the Himalayas using a prosthetic leg. 3. In December 2021, scientists discovered glowing blue snow in the Russian Arctic, the result of tiny, bioluminescent crustaceans called copepods swept ashore and frozen!

CARTOON 12-04-2023

1. The L-shaped "Sunflower House" of Verona, Italy, sits atop a turntable foundation, allowing it to rotate with the sun's daily progress across the sky. 2. Self-taught horticulturist Kaleem Ullah Khan, from Malihabad, India, cultivated a tree capable of producing 300 varieties of mango. 3. The Spanish city of Seville converts its leftover oranges into electricity, with the methane from the fermented fruits used to power a generator.

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