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    • 1. Most mollusks, like octopuses, snails and clams, have a tooth-covered tongue called a "radula" that they use to scrape up food. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. Web-footed geckos of the Namib Desert glow fluorescent green in moonlight. Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN. 3. In the late '50s, someone painted "hot" and "cold" onto two side-by-side water towers in Pratt, Kansas, as a prank, and the city decided to keep it! Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA.

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    • 1. A hogshead is a unit of measurement equal to 63 gallons. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. Al Capone played banjo in an inmate band called "The Rock Islanders" while incarcerated on Alcatraz Island. 3. Astronomers recently spotted a dying galaxy bleeding out 10,000 suns' worth of gas each year. Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN.

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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 03-04-2021

1. Most mollusks, like octopuses, snails and clams, have a tooth-covered tongue called a "radula" that they use to scrape up food. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. Web-footed geckos of the Namib Desert glow fluorescent green in moonlight. Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN. 3. In the late '50s, someone painted "hot" and "cold" onto two side-by-side water towers in Pratt, Kansas, as a prank, and the city decided to keep it! Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA.

CARTOON 03-03-2021

1. President Ulysses S. Grant was once arrested while in office for speeding in his horse-drawn carriage, and had to pay a fine of $20. 2. Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, created by Agatha Christie, is the only fictional character to have an obituary in the New York Times. Submitted by Jonathan Wijaya West Jakarta, Indonesia. 3. When Pigs Fly! The inflatable pig featured on the cover of Pink Floyd's 1977 "Animals" album broke free during the photoshoot, and it caused London's Heathrow Airport to cancel all their flights!

CARTOON 03-02-2021

1. A hogshead is a unit of measurement equal to 63 gallons. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. Al Capone played banjo in an inmate band called "The Rock Islanders" while incarcerated on Alcatraz Island. 3. Astronomers recently spotted a dying galaxy bleeding out 10,000 suns' worth of gas each year. Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN.

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