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CARTOON 11-24-2021

In 2020, 21.2% of the housing in Maine was vacant.

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1. In 2020, 21.2% of the housing in Maine was vacant. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA. 2. The small but aggressive saw-scaled viper found in dry areas of India, Africa, and beyond, kills more people within its territory than all other venomous snakes combined. 3. A British couple was shocked to discover that the Egyptian Sphinx statues they used to decorate their garden for 15 years might actually be authentic ancient artifacts after the figures sold at auction for more than $265,000!
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CARTOON 08-07-2022

1. Oklahoma is the only state to have an official meal! The spread consists of fried okra, cornbread, and barbecue pork, squash, biscuits, sausage and gravy, grits, corn, strawberries, chicken-fried steak, pecan pie and black-eyed peas! 2. Australia experienced brief radio blackouts in April 2022 after strong solar flares collided with the earth. 3. The Pyrophorus nyctophanus insect of Brazil has two light-up organs positioned near the front of its body, giving the bug its common name: headlight beetle! 4. Since the original Pac-Man arcade game debuted in 1980, only about a dozen people have completed all 256 levels and achieved a perfect score of 3,333,360 points.

CARTOON 08-06-2022

1. 400 million years ago, the earth was covered with giant mushrooms that were over 20 feet tall! 2. The human eye contains over two million working parts! 3. Because atoms repel each other, you are never really touching anything!

CARTOON 08-05-2022

1. The start-up music for Windows 95 was composed on a Mac. 2. Studies show the facial expressions of Lego characters are getting angrier over the years. 3. After swallowing an AirPod while sleeping in 2019, a man in Taiwan could hear the earbud beeping from inside his body! Incredibly, the device still worked after passing through his digestive system!

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