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    • 1. The largest living thing on Earth by volume is a giant sequoia tree in California named General Sherman - and it's still growing! 2. The word "cubicle" did not get its name from its common cube shape but from the Latin "cubiculum," meaning bed chamber, and the verb "cubare," meaning "to lie down." 3. David Bowie has a spider named after him - the Heteropoda DavidBowie!

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    • 1. Snakes may be able to sense an earthquake up to five days before it occurs. 2. The most leaves ever found on a clover is 56. 3. In 1973, Indian Sadhu Amar Bharati Urdhavaahu raise his arm in honor of the Hindu god Shiva and he has not put it down since.

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CARTOON 12-05-2018

Eugene Shoemaker is the only person buried on the moon. His ashes were interred by the Lunar Prospector Space Probe.

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John Graziano John Graziano — December 5, 2018
1. Commercial crab traps in Alaska are held together with a cord that degrades if left alone too long, allowing the crabs to escape. 2. Reese's installed a candy-converting vending machine in New York City where people can trade in their unwanted candy for peanut butter cups. 3. Eugene Shoemaker is the only person buried on the moon. His ashes were interred by the Lunar Prospector Space Probe.

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CARTOON 06-05-2020

1. The largest living thing on Earth by volume is a giant sequoia tree in California named General Sherman - and it's still growing! 2. The word "cubicle" did not get its name from its common cube shape but from the Latin "cubiculum," meaning bed chamber, and the verb "cubare," meaning "to lie down." 3. David Bowie has a spider named after him - the Heteropoda DavidBowie!

CARTOON 06-04-2020

1. The first documented use of a submarine in battle happened in 1776. The submersible was called the Turtle and it was powered by hand! 2. For a period of his life, Nikola Tesla had a strong aversion to other people's hair and would not touch it "except, perhaps, at the point of a revolver." 3. It is likely that there are more Lego® Minifigure people on Earth than living humans.

CARTOON 06-03-2020

1. Snakes may be able to sense an earthquake up to five days before it occurs. 2. The most leaves ever found on a clover is 56. 3. In 1973, Indian Sadhu Amar Bharati Urdhavaahu raise his arm in honor of the Hindu god Shiva and he has not put it down since.

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