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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 01-27-2023

1. When Ohio man Zach Arnwine and his fiancée found a bunch of FedEx packages dumped on the side of the highway, they delivered them themselves! 2. Some car manufacturers employ odor engineers to make sure their new vehicles smell as good as possible. 3. Ford's Theatre, where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 15, 1865, has vowed to never perform "our American Cousin," which was the play Lincoln was watching when he was shot by John Wilkes Booth.

CARTOON 01-26-2023

1. When composer Albert Von Tilzer and lyricist Jack Norworth wrote the song "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" in 1908, neither of them had ever gone to a baseball game! 2. New York City's Central Park is larger than Vatican City! 3. The bottom-third of the Washington Monument is a different color than the top because the project ran out of funding and sat unfinished for 25 years before it was completed with marble from a different quarry!

CARTOON 01-25-2023

1. The corpse lily, Rafflesia arnoldii, is the largest flower in the world, growing up to 3 feet wide and weighing up to 15 pounds! 2. The condition that causes people to sneeze when suddenly exposed to bright light is called autosomal dominant compelling helio-ophthalmic outburst, or "achoo" syndrome. 3. About 8 percent of human DNA comes from viruses!

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