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CARTOON 12-10-2019

A long-lost underwater Buddhist temple, Wat Nong Bua Yai, has resurfaced in central Thailand due to drought!

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John Graziano John Graziano — December 10, 2019
1. Chemist Linus Pauling is the only person to receive two unshared Nobel Prizes - the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and a Nobel Peace Prize! 2. A long-lost underwater Buddhist temple, Wat Nong Bua Yai, has resurfaced in central Thailand due to drought! 3. The password for the computer controls of nuclear-tipped missiles of the United States was 00000000 from 1962 to 1977 - 15 years!
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CARTOON 06-02-2020

1. Tulip bulbs were once used as currency in Holland. 2. Wooly mammoths were still roaming the earth when the pyramids of Giza were being built. 3. Expecting to be forgotten, English poet John Keats insisted his gravestone bear the phrase " Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water." Submitted by Dan Paulun, W. Lafayette, OH.

CARTOON 06-01-2020

1. In 1965, a large fishing vessel called the Snoopy was sunk by a German WW2 torpedo that exploded after being caught in the boat's nets. 2. John Steinbeck's Irish setter, Toby, ate half of an early manuscript of "Of Mice and Men" - devouring two months of work! 3. Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.

CARTOON 05-31-2020

1. Australia was originally called "New Holland" by Europeans. 2. The real Captain Morgan, the namesake behind the brand of rum, was a Welsh buccaneer who later became Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. 3. The Amazon Rainforest covers an area of approximately 2,300,000 square miles - more than two times the size of Argentina. 4. Not all turkeys gobble. Only males do, which is why male turkeys are called "gobblers"!

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