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Entering The Weird World – Ripley’s Believe It or Notcast Episode 19

weird world

Unleashing OuijaZilla: The World’s Largest Ouija Board

Why Scientists Put An Ear On A Mouse

The President Who Got Stuck In A Bathtub – Ripley’s Believe It or Notcast Episode 18

Our Cannibalistic, Galaxy-Eating Neighbor

Spending A Night At The Haunted Pennhurst Asylum

The Weirdest Deer-Like Creatures Of All Time

Are Houseflies Really Only Abuzz For 24 Hours?

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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 10-15-2019

1. The first noodles consumed in space? Instant ramen noodles in vacuum packs! 2. Mike Tyson spent an estimated $2.2 million on a solid 24-karat-gold bathtub! 3. In 1922, a circus elephant named Tusko escaped and went on a rampage in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, where he broke into a bar and drank an entire batch of sour mash whiskey!

CARTOON 10-14-2019

1. If you are bitten by a black widow spider and require antivenin, you won't get a quick shot - the antivenin will be diluted and infused over a period of 15 to 30 minutes! 2. In a snake village in Hanoi, Vietnam, you can enjoy cobra blood wine! 3. Despite his powerful onstage presence and frightening stage makeup, "shock rock" musician Alice Cooper doesn't have any tattoos due to his trypanophobia - he's afraid of needles!

CARTOON 10-13-2019

1. In 2015, a man legally named Santa Claus was elected to city council in North Pole, Alaska! 2. In Greek mythology, it was believed that redheads turned into vampires when they died! 3. The city of Oatman, Arizona, hosts a solar egg-frying contest every 4th of July! 4. Happy hours are banned in Ireland!

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John is only the 7th person to take up the pen illustrating the Ripley`s daily cartoon since 1918.

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