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CARTOON 10-08-2019

Lethologica is the word used to describe the phenomenon of forgetting a word!

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John Graziano John Graziano — October 8, 2019
1. Lethologica is the word used to describe the phenomenon of forgetting a word! 2. Cockroaches have their own neighborhoods. Roaches that live close together have the same genetic makeup! 3. Stolen from an Ohio library in 1968, a copy of Life magazine with The Beatles on the cover was returned 50 years later with $100 to cover late fees! Submitted by Dan Paulun, W. Lafayette, OH.

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CARTOON 06-05-2020

1. The largest living thing on Earth by volume is a giant sequoia tree in California named General Sherman - and it's still growing! 2. The word "cubicle" did not get its name from its common cube shape but from the Latin "cubiculum," meaning bed chamber, and the verb "cubare," meaning "to lie down." 3. David Bowie has a spider named after him - the Heteropoda DavidBowie!

CARTOON 06-04-2020

1. The first documented use of a submarine in battle happened in 1776. The submersible was called the Turtle and it was powered by hand! 2. For a period of his life, Nikola Tesla had a strong aversion to other people's hair and would not touch it "except, perhaps, at the point of a revolver." 3. It is likely that there are more Lego® Minifigure people on Earth than living humans.

CARTOON 06-03-2020

1. Snakes may be able to sense an earthquake up to five days before it occurs. 2. The most leaves ever found on a clover is 56. 3. In 1973, Indian Sadhu Amar Bharati Urdhavaahu raise his arm in honor of the Hindu god Shiva and he has not put it down since.

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