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CARTOON 09-22-2019

We share about 50 percent of our DNA with the common banana!

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John Graziano John Graziano — September 22, 2019
1. In 1989, Apple Computers disposed of 2,700 of its failed Lisa computers by burying them in a landfill in Logan, Utah! 2. Originally in the United Kingdom, ketchup was prepared using mushrooms instead of tomatoes! 3. Red food dye typically used for candy is made from the cochineal beetle! 4. We share about 50 percent of our DNA with the common banana!

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CARTOON 06-19-2021

1. British woman Jenny Chapman loudly snores at an astonishing 111.6 decibels - about the same as a car horn! 2. A group of Purdue University engineers has manufactured the whitest paint in the world, a hue so light it contributes to surface cooling and may help combat global warming. 3. Thirty-five years after the Chernobyl disaster, nuclear waste started smoldering again in the power plant's unit four reactor and could explode if left undisturbed.

CARTOON 06-18-2021

1. In 1528, King Henry VIII developed such an intense fear of a disease called the "sweating sickness" that he spent an entire summer sleeping in a different bed every night. 2. The bonobo likely got its name as the result of a misspelling on a shipping crate that should have been "Bolobo," a town where the animals had been spotted. 3. In April 2021, police discovered what is believed to be the mummified corpse of Amy Carlson, a religious leader of the "Love Has Won" cult, in a home in Moffat, Colorado, wrapped in a sleeping bag and decorated with Christmas lights.

CARTOON 06-17-2021

1. Not Happy! In July 2020, a Burmese cat in Australia named Oscar survived a 12-minute cycle in a washing machine! Submitted by Paulun W. Lafayette, OH. 2. Your lungs contain at least 300 million air sacs called alveoli that, if spread out flat, would cover up to about 1,000 square feet. 3. Ovophobia is the irrational fear of eggs.

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