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    • 1. The world's smallest winged insect, the Tanzanian parasitic wasp, is smaller than the eye of a housefly. 2. For the most elaborate burials, Egyptians used more than 4,000 square feet of linen during the mummification process! 3. Archaeologists fear opening the 2,200-year-old tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, because of potential booby traps!

      CARTOON 11-28-2023

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    • 1. A species of South American fly, Gauromydas heros can grow up to 2.8 inches long - the length of a human finger! 2. During the Great Depression, Huberta, a hippopotamus in South Africa, journeyed over 1,000 miles over the span of two and a half years. 3. A 48-million-year-old fossil discovered in Germany revealed a snake that had eaten a lizard, which in turn had swallowed a bug!

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    • 1. Mountains on Saturn's Titan moon bear the names of mountains from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. 2. Cara, a Bengal tiger at a rescue center in Massweiler, Germany, was fitted with a gold tooth crown to cover a damaged canine. 3. Swimming feather stars look like flowers and have no heart, eyes or brain! 4. Archaeologists in Germany discovered a Bronze Age sword in such good condition it "shines" 3,000 years later!

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How Tall Was Napoleon Bonaparte Actually?

napoleon bonaparte

Dismantling One Of Thanksgiving’s Greatest Myths

thanksgiving plate

Hippo Meat Nearly Became An American Food Staple

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Can Only Particular Areas Of Your Tongue Taste Certain Flavors?

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The Man Who Ate An Airplane Piece By Piece

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Why Did 17th Century Plague Doctors Dress Like Birds?

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CARTOON 12-06-2022

Dragonflies have 6 legs but cannot walk.

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1. The human body sheds around 500 million cells of skin every day. 2. Dragonflies have 6 legs but cannot walk. 3. In 1910, Theodore Roosevelt became the first US president to fly in an airplane—and he nearly fell out while waving to the crowd below during his four-minute flight over St. Louis, Missouri. Submitted by Richard Gibson, Lafayette, LA
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CARTOON 11-28-2023

1. The world's smallest winged insect, the Tanzanian parasitic wasp, is smaller than the eye of a housefly. 2. For the most elaborate burials, Egyptians used more than 4,000 square feet of linen during the mummification process! 3. Archaeologists fear opening the 2,200-year-old tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, because of potential booby traps!

CARTOON 11-27-2023

1. A species of South American fly, Gauromydas heros can grow up to 2.8 inches long - the length of a human finger! 2. During the Great Depression, Huberta, a hippopotamus in South Africa, journeyed over 1,000 miles over the span of two and a half years. 3. A 48-million-year-old fossil discovered in Germany revealed a snake that had eaten a lizard, which in turn had swallowed a bug!

CARTOON 11-26-2023

1. Mountains on Saturn's Titan moon bear the names of mountains from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. 2. Cara, a Bengal tiger at a rescue center in Massweiler, Germany, was fitted with a gold tooth crown to cover a damaged canine. 3. Swimming feather stars look like flowers and have no heart, eyes or brain! 4. Archaeologists in Germany discovered a Bronze Age sword in such good condition it "shines" 3,000 years later!

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