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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 08-03-2020

1. Gerald Ford's 895-day-long presidency was the shortest in U.S. history for any president who did not die in office. 2. In medieval England, eels were used as currency, specifically for rental agreements. 3. A decree issued by Pope Gregory IX in 1233 raised superstitions about black cats, leading to mass exterminations of the felines and possibly causing an increase in plague-carrying rats!

CARTOON 08-02-2020

1. Japan's Etoni Mama creates intricate meals for her children that look like pop culture characters. These amazing dishes are known as kyaraben! 2. Celebrated by the Malagasy people of Madagascar, "Famadihana" is a tradition that involves exhuming dead ancestors to wrap them in fresh shrouds. But before reburying, the descendants dance with the corpses! 3. During World War II, British intelligence chiefs made bombs out of dead rats to smuggle into Nazi weapon factories. However, the first shipment was intercepted and they were never used. 4. The Beatles song "A Day in the Life" contains a frequency only heard by dogs.

CARTOON 08-01-2020

1. During the 1918 flu epidemic, people put masks on their cats and dogs. Submitted by Marcie Pikel, Orlando, FL. 2. Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have developed the Poimo - an inflatable electric bike that can be carried in a backpack and quickly blown up with a small pump. 3. Spanish artist Andoni Bastarrika creates ultra-realistic sculptures of animals out of beach sand!

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