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CARTOON 12-02-2020

In Hidalgo, Texas, there is a statue of a killer bee that weighs 2,000 pounds!

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John Graziano John Graziano — December 2, 2020
1. The Grotte di Pilato on the Isola di Ponza, Italy, are a series of man-made caves carved into the volcanic rock around the first century A.D. The ancient Romans likely used them to farm eels 2. A 1,100-year-old mummy discovered in Mongolia in 2016 was found wearing boots with an Adidas-like design! Speculated to have been a seamstress, the mummy was also found with an embroidered bag, a sewing kit, and four costumes! 3. In Hidalgo, Texas, there is a statue of a killer bee that weighs 2,000 pounds!
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1. Some bees sleep in flowers and possibly even dream! 2. Beam Him Up! In 2008, ashes of late "Star Trek" actor James Doohan were smuggled onto the International Space Station! Submitted by Nate Westbury, Minneapolis, MN. 3. An elephant's trunk is both an upper lip and a nose.

CARTOON 01-14-2021

1. Frederick Douglass was the most photographed American in the nineteenth century. 2. In 2017, a Cheeto shaped like Harambe the gorilla sold on EBay for $99,900! 3. Nebraska college student Katy Ayers and farmer Ash Gordon built a working canoe out of mushroom roots!

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1. A sea turtle can weigh as much as a water buffalo! 2. Tasmanian devils glow under fluorescent light! 3. At least one of the colors on the Olympic flag appears on every country's flag.

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