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CARTOON 12-11-2019

A single Google® search consumes enough energy to turn on a 60-watt light bulb for 17 seconds!

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John Graziano John Graziano — December 11, 2019
1. While albinism - a genetic disorder causing little to no coloration in hair, skin and nails - can affect both humans and animals, melanism is found only in animals. Melanistic animals have all dark-colored pigment and have all-black skin, feathers or hair! 2. The internet is the fastest-growing communications tool ever. It took radio broadcasters 38 years to reach an audience of 50 million; television took 13 years; and the internet took just 4 years! 3. A single Google® search consumes enough energy to turn on a 60-watt light bulb for 17 seconds!
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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"!

CARTOON 05-30-2020

1. Floccinaucinihilipilification - which, at 29 letters, is one of the longest words in the English language - is the act of estimating something as worthless! 2. The first cross-country drive across the United States happened in 1903 and included a goggle-clad dog named Bud. Submitted by Dan Paulun, W. Lafayette, OH. 3. Between 420 to 350 million years ago, giant fungi called Prototaxites grew more than 20 feet tall - taller than trees of the same period!

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