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    • 1. To commemorate the 2021 holiday season, Mancini's Bakery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, baked a 7-foot-tall "Frosty the Doughman" bread sculpture weighing 200 pounds! 2. To remove his makeup for the role of Drax in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," Dave Bautista had to sit in a sauna for at least 45 minutes at the end of each day. 3. Leeches have been FDA-approved medical devices since 2004.

      CARTOON 01-27-2022

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    • 1. Pink Floyd's 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon" spent 14 years straight in the Billboard Top 200, finally exiting in July 1988, 736 weeks after it debuted on the album chart. 2. German circus performer Hannibal Hellmurto had part of his earlobes cut off after over-stretching them to a length of 2.4 inches. He then pickled the flesh and sold it at auction for £460. 3. To conserve oxygen on deep dives, a blue whale's heart slows to just two beats per minute.

      CARTOON 01-26-2022

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    • 1. STEM education promotor David Rush of Idaho completed 2,919 consecutive catches while juggling axes. 2. Sylvia Pope, a.k.a. Nana Baubles, of Swansea, Wales, decorates her home for the holidays with no fewer than 1,760 Christmas bauble ornaments. 3. An unexpected snowstorm in Denmark in December 2021 forced 31 people to stay overnight in an IKEA furniture store.

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South Africa’s Most Valuable Pachyderm: Huberta the Hippo

Huberta the Hippo

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CARTOON 10-13-2021

Donald Gorske of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, has eaten more than 32,340 Big Macs in his lifetime!

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1. Baby Jane of Mundelein, Illinois, is the oldest pig ever kept in captivity, and celebrated her 23rd birthday on February 1, 2021. 2. Donald Gorske of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, has eaten more than 32,340 Big Macs in his lifetime! 3. Archaeologists in Ireland have uncovered a 1,600-year-old, 8-foot-tall wooden statue known as the "Gortnacrannagh Idol," which was probably used during a ritual ceremony.
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CARTOON 01-27-2022

1. To commemorate the 2021 holiday season, Mancini's Bakery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, baked a 7-foot-tall "Frosty the Doughman" bread sculpture weighing 200 pounds! 2. To remove his makeup for the role of Drax in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," Dave Bautista had to sit in a sauna for at least 45 minutes at the end of each day. 3. Leeches have been FDA-approved medical devices since 2004.

CARTOON 01-26-2022

1. Pink Floyd's 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon" spent 14 years straight in the Billboard Top 200, finally exiting in July 1988, 736 weeks after it debuted on the album chart. 2. German circus performer Hannibal Hellmurto had part of his earlobes cut off after over-stretching them to a length of 2.4 inches. He then pickled the flesh and sold it at auction for £460. 3. To conserve oxygen on deep dives, a blue whale's heart slows to just two beats per minute.

CARTOON 01-25-2022

1. STEM education promotor David Rush of Idaho completed 2,919 consecutive catches while juggling axes. 2. Sylvia Pope, a.k.a. Nana Baubles, of Swansea, Wales, decorates her home for the holidays with no fewer than 1,760 Christmas bauble ornaments. 3. An unexpected snowstorm in Denmark in December 2021 forced 31 people to stay overnight in an IKEA furniture store.

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