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    • 1. Your funny bone isn't really a bone, but an exposed nerve - ouch! 2. In December 2019, when temperatures in Perth, Australia, exceeded 100° F, Stu Pengelly cooked a 3.3-pound pork roast inside his car for 10 hours - with a peak temperature of 177° F! 3. On December 17, 2019, Fallon Sherrock became the first female player to win a match in the 25-year history of the PDC World Darts Championships.

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    • 1. The newly discovered "loxosceles tenochtitlan" spider has venom so toxic it can rot human flesh! 2. The Face of Resusci Anne®, the CPR procedure doll, is modeled after the death mask of l'inconnue de la Seine, the body of an unknown girl pulled out of the River Seine in the late 1800s. 3. In medieval times, the word "abracadabra" was written out in a triangle shape and worn around the neck as an amulet to ward off deadly diseases!

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    • 1. The fruit salad tree, a multi-grafted plant, can grow up to six different types of fruit from one root system - including stone fruits, citrus and apples! 2. Isaac Johnson of Bloomington, Minnesota, holds the record for largest mouth gape - 3.67 inches! 3. With venom-injecting spines on their dorsal fins, stonefish are the world's most venomous fish!

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CARTOON 12-08-2019

Despite its "Sunshine State" nickname, Florida is not the sunniest U.S. state - it's Arizona!

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John Graziano John Graziano — December 8, 2019
1. Despite its "Sunshine State" nickname, Florida is not the sunniest U.S. state - it's Arizona! 2. Elvis Presley made his first record at the age of 18. It was a gift for his mother and cost just $4! 3. The sacred Uluru - Ayers Rock - in Australia, rises 1,142 feet above the ground, but it is estimated that more than 1.5 miles of the rock extend underground! 4. In 1992, a shipping crate fell overboard spilling 28,000 rubber ducks into the ocean - it took 20 years for them all to wash ashore!
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CARTOON 01-22-2020

1. Your funny bone isn't really a bone, but an exposed nerve - ouch! 2. In December 2019, when temperatures in Perth, Australia, exceeded 100° F, Stu Pengelly cooked a 3.3-pound pork roast inside his car for 10 hours - with a peak temperature of 177° F! 3. On December 17, 2019, Fallon Sherrock became the first female player to win a match in the 25-year history of the PDC World Darts Championships.

CARTOON 01-21-2020

1. The newly discovered "loxosceles tenochtitlan" spider has venom so toxic it can rot human flesh! 2. The Face of Resusci Anne®, the CPR procedure doll, is modeled after the death mask of l'inconnue de la Seine, the body of an unknown girl pulled out of the River Seine in the late 1800s. 3. In medieval times, the word "abracadabra" was written out in a triangle shape and worn around the neck as an amulet to ward off deadly diseases!

CARTOON 01-20-2020

1. The fruit salad tree, a multi-grafted plant, can grow up to six different types of fruit from one root system - including stone fruits, citrus and apples! 2. Isaac Johnson of Bloomington, Minnesota, holds the record for largest mouth gape - 3.67 inches! 3. With venom-injecting spines on their dorsal fins, stonefish are the world's most venomous fish!

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John is only the 7th person to take up the pen illustrating the Ripley`s daily cartoon since 1918.

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