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    • 1. More than 20 years after going missing, two of Charles Darwin's notebooks were secretly returned to Cambridge University Library in March 2022 wrapped in a pink gift bag. 2. Honeybees combine pollen, nectar and saliva to make tiny loaves of "bee bread." 3. The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

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    • 1. The Alcyoneus Galaxy is the largest galaxy ever discovered at 16.3 million light-years wide - 160 times wider than the Milky Way! 2. A rare 1998 Pikachu "Illustrator" holographic promo card sold at auction in February 20222 for $900,000! 3. Conceptual artist Shl0ms blew up a used Lamborghini Huracan worth up to $300,000 in February 2022 as a "smoldering critique" of greed in cryptocurrency culture. 4. In February 2022, Storm Eunice blasted England with 122 mph winds - the fastest the country has ever recorded - and left millions across Europe without power.

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    • 1. The bumblebee bat is the world's smallest mammal, weighing about as much as a U.S. dime! 2. More than 2,000 years ago, the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, issued an executive order to search the entire nation for an elixir of immortality. 3. Since 1950, the U.S. has lost and never recovered a total of six nuclear weapons.

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Ripley’s EqualiT-REX + Limited Time Exhibit

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CARTOON 11-30-2021

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was the first U.S. TV show to use the word "google" as a verb.

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1. In 2016, a freight train car derailed in Charles City, Iowa, and slammed into a trackside bar named Derailed! 2. During a 1998 soccer match in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, all 11 members of the away team were killed by a bolt of lightning - the home team was left unharmed. 3. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was the first U.S. TV show to use the word "google" as a verb.
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CARTOON 05-23-2022

1. More than 20 years after going missing, two of Charles Darwin's notebooks were secretly returned to Cambridge University Library in March 2022 wrapped in a pink gift bag. 2. Honeybees combine pollen, nectar and saliva to make tiny loaves of "bee bread." 3. The fear of long words is called hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

CARTOON 05-22-2022

1. The Alcyoneus Galaxy is the largest galaxy ever discovered at 16.3 million light-years wide - 160 times wider than the Milky Way! 2. A rare 1998 Pikachu "Illustrator" holographic promo card sold at auction in February 20222 for $900,000! 3. Conceptual artist Shl0ms blew up a used Lamborghini Huracan worth up to $300,000 in February 2022 as a "smoldering critique" of greed in cryptocurrency culture. 4. In February 2022, Storm Eunice blasted England with 122 mph winds - the fastest the country has ever recorded - and left millions across Europe without power.

CARTOON 05-21-2022

1. The bumblebee bat is the world's smallest mammal, weighing about as much as a U.S. dime! 2. More than 2,000 years ago, the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, issued an executive order to search the entire nation for an elixir of immortality. 3. Since 1950, the U.S. has lost and never recovered a total of six nuclear weapons.

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