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Dec 20, 2023 | 01:04 PM

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12/19/23

Reg Foggerly, a 62-rear-old grandfather, survived for six days without equipment, food, or water in Australia’s inhospitable Outback. He did this by eating black ants.

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Reg credits his excellent survival skills to a TV survival show he watches.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 01:05 PM

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12/20/23

”Jingle Bells” was originally written as a Thanksgiving, not a Christmas holiday song.

Dec 21, 2023 | 07:43 AM

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100% fact

Dec 21, 2023 | 10:52 AM

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On the FACT bandwagon

Dec 21, 2023 | 10:58 AM

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12/20/23

”Jingle Bells” was originally written as a Thanksgiving, not a Christmas holiday song.

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James Lord Pierpont wrote the song , originally called ‘One Horse Open Sleigh’. It was moved to Christmas for “Santa-mental” reasons.

Dec 21, 2023 | 11:00 AM

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12/21/23

Universally, the average age of children when their belief in Santa Claus is most intense is three years old.

Dec 22, 2023 | 06:28 AM

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I'll say crap.

Dec 22, 2023 | 01:17 PM

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12/21/23

Universally, the average age of children when their belief in Santa Claus is most intense is three years old.

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Wishful thinking, it is five years old.

Dec 22, 2023 | 01:19 PM

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12/22/23

The flightless southern cassowary is the world’s most dangerous bird.

Dec 25, 2023 | 06:36 AM

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The flightless southern cassowary is the world’s most dangerous bird.

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The cassowary is the third - largest bird in the world and, when frightened or agitated, has been known to kill dogs and humans with its long, dagger/like claws.
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