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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 07-06-2020

1. Flies of the Calliphoridae family can small a dead body from a mile away and will lay their eggs on a corpse within an hour of a creature being immobile. 2. The Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke, India, is home to 20,000 rates believed to be reincarnations of storytellers. 3. In 1860, it was decided to exhume the body of Rhode Island founder Roger Williams to build him a more suitable memorial. But when they dug up the grave, his body was not there - it had been absorbed by a tree root!

CARTOON 07-05-2020

1. A double rainbow appears when sunlight is reflected twice inside a raindrop - the colors of the second rainbow appear in reverse order! 2. The Bloody Mary cocktail is allegedly named after a waitress who worked at a Chicago bar called "Bucket of Blood." 3. There are about 200 corpses on Mount Everest. The cold has preserved them and the visible ones are used as landmarks, such as "Green Boots." 4. Flamingo tongues were considered a delicacy among the ancient Roman elite!

CARTOON 07-04-2020

1. Dog noses are wet to help them absorb scent chemicals - they then lick their noses to better understand the smell! 2. "The Twist" by Chubby Checker is the number one hit song of all time according to Billboard. 3. Ben Franklin invented swimming fins when he was 11 years old!

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