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    • 1. Actor Bill Murray uses a 1-800 number instead of a manager of agent. 2. The "Mona Lisa" has the highest insurance valuation for a painting in history! 3. The legend of the Loch Ness Monster goes back nearly 1,500 years.

      CARTOON 10-26-2020

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    • 1. For more than 30 years the Fraternal Order of Eagles #3789 of Santa Fe, New Mexico, has put on an Annual Cockroach Festival and BBQ Cook-Off! 2. About 1 in 200 men are related to Genghis Khan. 3. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is twice the size of Texas! 4. Ancient Mayans viewed turkeys as vessels for the gods.

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    • 1. The tradition of handprints and footprints at Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre started when silent film star Norma Talmadge accidentally stepped on wet cement when the theater was under construction. 2. The only letter that does not appear in any U.S. state name is Q. 3. Dinosaurs lived on every continent, including Antarctica!

      CARTOON 10-24-2020

      John Graziano John Graziano, October 24, 2020
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Lisa Frank’s Dulled Dreamland

Historical Nazca Lines Discovered In Peru

Peru Nazca Cat Lines

The Colorful Life Of Andy Warhol

Glamorous Dog Grooming with Anaïs Hayden

Glamorous Dog Grooming

Diving Into The World’s Blue Holes

Divers' Cemetery

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CARTOON 10-16-2020

Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb.

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John Graziano John Graziano — October 16, 2020
1. Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb. 2. There is a variety of grape that tastes like cotton candy! 3. The saying "flying off the handle" is thought to originate from the 1800s and refer to crudely made axes falling apart mid-swing!
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CARTOON 10-26-2020

1. Actor Bill Murray uses a 1-800 number instead of a manager of agent. 2. The "Mona Lisa" has the highest insurance valuation for a painting in history! 3. The legend of the Loch Ness Monster goes back nearly 1,500 years.

CARTOON 10-25-2020

1. For more than 30 years the Fraternal Order of Eagles #3789 of Santa Fe, New Mexico, has put on an Annual Cockroach Festival and BBQ Cook-Off! 2. About 1 in 200 men are related to Genghis Khan. 3. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is twice the size of Texas! 4. Ancient Mayans viewed turkeys as vessels for the gods.

CARTOON 10-24-2020

1. The tradition of handprints and footprints at Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre started when silent film star Norma Talmadge accidentally stepped on wet cement when the theater was under construction. 2. The only letter that does not appear in any U.S. state name is Q. 3. Dinosaurs lived on every continent, including Antarctica!

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