Fun Facts: Amazing Facts Part 3

Robert Behnke, a Wisconsin dairy farmer, owns the queen cow of milk production. His cow, Gigi, has produced more milk in one year than any other cow, at 8,700 gallons. That’s three times the national average for a dairy cow to produce in a year.

According to Guinness World Records, the first human cannonball was a woman named Rosa Zazel Richter in 1877. She was shot at a distance of about 20 feet at Westminster Aquarium in London.

Ruth Lawrence is a child prodigy who passed the Oxford University Entrance Exam when she was only 10, she was first out of 530 candidates. She graduated after only 2 years in the bachelor’s degree program and she earned a doctorate degree by the time she was 17 years old.

In the Miombo Woodland area of Central Africa, scientists discovered an abandoned termite mound that is more than 2,200 years old.

A service dog named Opal not only leads her blind owner around, she’s also became a guide dog to the family’s previous guide dog, Edward. The previous dog had taken care of the owner for six years until he had his eyes removed after developing cataracts. 

Elephant Island, located off the coast of Antarctica, has elephant moss growing on it that is over 5500 years old.

New research published in the Journal of Meteoritics and Planetary Science confirmed that the blade on the dagger found in Tutankhamun’s  tomb is made with materials from a meteorite. Scientists performed X-ray fluorescence spectrometry on it, which is a method used to learn more about elements of an object and their composition.  It was found to contain iron, nickel, and cobalt; all materials found in chunks of space rocks.

Forty-two-year-old Russian fisherman Igor Vorozhbitsyn was brutally attacked by a bear, but he was suddenly saved when his ringtone, that his granddaughter installed on his phone, Justin Bieber’s “Baby,” went off—sending the bear running back into the woods.

The tallest outdoor elevator in the world is the Bailong Elevator, also known as the  Hundred Dragons Elevator. It carries tourists 1,083 feet up the side of a massive sandstone column in a mountain range in China’s Hunan Province. It’s so large that it can carry 50 people at a time.

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

Halloween is the beginning of the holiday
shopping season for women.
For men, it’s Christmas Eve.
David Letterman

THE SPHINX—MYSTERIES

The Associated Press  ( AP ) argues against itself.

https://redstate.com/bradslager/2026/06/10/the-associated-press-argues-against-itself-in-court-claims-it-should-not-be-held-to-its-own-ap-stylebook-n2203222

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A child abuse settlement.

https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/06/11/doj-forces-another-major-hospital-to-halt-youth-gender-treatments-n2203266

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Iran.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/06/10/president-trump-reveals-that-the-us-has-simply-been-taking-iranian-oil-amid-us-blockade-n2677547

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Send a World Cup referee that Walz had on his Somali payroll.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/10/trump-admin-rejects-somali-referee-tied-to-suspected-terror-groups-n2203208#google_vignette

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This is almost funny.   A repeat.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49003512/coaches-ads-disgusted-stunned-brendan-sorsby-ruling

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Homan likes Hochul.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/08/homan-warns-hochul-thanks-to-your-new-law-youre-going-to-get-more-ice-than-youve-ever-seen-n2203151

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If you have something, someone wants it.

https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/06/07/sheriff-intruder-armed-with-shotgun-killed-in-shootout-with-california-homeowner/

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The SPLC should move to Minnesota.   It’s like a fireman setting fires so he can put them out.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/08/opinion/splcs-long-running-scam-is-getting-even-shadier/

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Maybe she has an extra 15 million.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/06/08/what-this-dem-rep-said-about-trump-over-the-weekend-is-what-cost-abc-news-15-million-n2677408

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They must have stolen all the car mufflers.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/09/why-solar-farms-are-now-prime-targets-for-organized-crime-n2203173

It’s always something.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/11/paging-james-comey-who-defaced-the-national-mall-with-giant-86-47-numbers-n2203268

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The Unknown Editor:   What are some mysteries, LL ?

The Surprise Cat:   We reported on this a few years ago.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/31/what-lies-beneath-massive-secret-vault-under-lincoln-memorial-to-be-opened-to-the-public-for-america250-n2202908

NASA says they solved the mysterious BOOM.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/31/boom-nasa-explains-explosion-with-power-of-300-tons-of-tnt-that-rocked-residents-from-ma-to-nh-n2202906

Some mysterious old film has been found.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/31/entertainment/long-lost-footage-from-dracula-film-found-decades-after-it-made-audiences-faint-now-us-viewers-can-see-it-for-the-first-time/

One that isn’t solved yet, who released the over 600 pounds of gold bars ?

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=moonraker+intro+credits+video#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:1c7fdead,vid:8qujkMxj1-4,st:0

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Oh, look !!!

https://genesiustimes.com/nfl-suspends-jaxson-dart-for-introducing-trump-instead-of-beating-his-wife-like-a-good-nfl-player/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/

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GF day in Walz Land.

https://genesiustimes.com/george-floyd-celebrates-five-years-of-sobriety/

https://www.breitbart.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Venus and Jupiter: Conjunction from Avebury
Image Credit & Copyright: Josh Dury

Explanation: To see Venus and Jupiter together this month, you won’t need binoculars or even a telescope. Just look up after sunset and you’ll find them emerging as the sky grows dark near the western horizon. In fact, on June 9 the two brightest planets were in close conjunction, separated on the sky by less than 2 degrees from our perspective. Since (brighter) inner planet Venus orbits the Sun faster than outer planet Jupiter, it catches up with and passes the outer planet along the ecliptic roughly every 13 months. But every three years or so their resulting conjunction can be viewed far enough from the Sun to be easily seen in Earth’s twilight skies. On June 9, the two celestial beacon’s close “cosmic kiss” was captured here next to the two large standing stones at the cove within a 4,000 year old stone circle at Avebury, UK. Larger than Stonehenge, the Avebury henge and stone circle complex is also recognized as one of the most significant neolithic ceremonial sites on planet Earth.

Tomorrow’s picture: light-weekend

I love this visit to The Garden…

Fun Facts: Amazing Facts Part 2

A man named Mbah Gotho of Indonesia claims to be 146 years old, and there is a photo of his government ID card to prove it. The card shows his birth date as December 31, 1870. He has outlived all 10 of his siblings, four wives, and his children.

There’s a beaver dam located in Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberto, Canada, that is so large it can be seen from outer space. It spans 2,789 feet across.

In 2013, Navy Veteran Lonnie Bedwell became the first completely blind kayaker to paddle the entire length of the Grand Canyon, 226 miles in a solo kayak. It took him16 days.

In 1979, a woman named Elvita Adams attempted suicide by jumping off the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. She survived when a gust of wind blew her back onto a ledge on the 85th floor.

A boa constrictor has an innate ability to sense its prey’s heartbeat. If it senses a heartbeat, the snake will add more pressure until it feels no heartbeat.

There is a humpback whale that has been tracked by Green Peace since 2008 called Mr. Splashy Pants.

About half of Australia’s koalas have chlamydia. In fact, their strain of koala chlamydia can also infect humans.

Mathematician Katherine Johnson is known as the “computer.” Her obsession with counting allowed her to skip ahead in high school at the age of 10, and in 1961 she calculated the trajectory of NASA’s first manned trip into space and was correct.

Ann Hodges from Alabama is the only confirmed person in history that has ever been hit by a meteorite. On a clear day in November of 1954, she was having a nap on her couch when a soft-ball-sized hunk of black rock broke through her ceiling, bounced off a radio, and hit her in the thigh, leaving a pineapple-shaped bruise. 

Back in 1994, a man named Tony Cicoria was struck by lightning while standing next to a public telephone and was resuscitated by a nurse who was waiting to use that phone. Not long after his recovery, he noticed that his head became flooded with music, so he went out and bought a piano, and is now a successful composer and performer.    

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

I am free of all prejudice.
I hate everyone equally.
W.C. Fields

A Guaranteed Smile

My Earth Angel sent this to me years ago.
I know you will enjoy it too!
Keep it and file it under “A” for Antidepressant. It works beautifully.

-Sheila Tolley-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bWyhj7siEY

 

THE SPHINX—ENTERTAINMENT & TRUTH

Tim and his fellow fraudsters ignored dozens of whistleblowers.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/10/opinion/dozens-of-whistleblowers-sounded-the-alarm-on-minnesota-fraud-and-tim-walzs-team-silenced-them/

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Your Democrat-Socialist at work.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/06/10/skid-row-uh-we-got-paid-by-dems-to-vote-for-their-people-n2677522

https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/opinion/socialist-red-rabbits-are-training-for-national-uprising-against-cops/

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/06/10/8-indicted-for-threatening-university-of-michigan-leaders-jewish-federation-after-oct-7-attacks-n2677553

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Ole Roy.

https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/06/09/exclusive-meet-the-child-rapists-on-roy-coopers-early-release-list-including-a-honduran-illegal-n2203191

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Religion.

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2026/06/08/morethan-million-visit-serbian-church-witness-holy-relic-virgin-mary/

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With all the crimes that illegals bring, American politicians are cowards.

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/07/a-new-look-at-the-drug-gangs-that-rule-the-streets-of-san-francisco-n2203124

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A private jet crashes in the Dominican Republic.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/08/world-news/private-jet-crashes-in-dominican-republic-en-route-to-pick-up-mlb-legend-and-his-family/

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I hope Disney continues to fail.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/06/07/nolte-disneys-mandalorian-and-grogu-flops-hard-in-weekend-three/

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An arrogant employee gets fired.  I’m shocked, shocked.

https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/06/07/scott-pelley-mistook-60-minutes-for-his-personal-throne-room-n4953704

A lost WW2 submarine is located.

https://taskandpurpose.com/history/world-war-ii-submarine-herring-wreck-found/

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Anything electronic, made in China, should be banned from America.

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2026/06/09/pentagon-bans-ev-giant-byd-defense-contracts-citing-chinese-military-ties/

Iran.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/08/opinion/irans-procurement-network-had-an-orange-county-address/

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Mamdani.

https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/mamdanis-70m-city-owned-grocery-store-plan-hasnt-been-studied-for-small-business-impact/

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The Disney Editor:   Disney the groomer.

The House Of Mouse Cat:    I hope it gets worse for Disney.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/05/31/nolte-disneys-mandalorian-flops-with-second-week-crash-of-72/

We have a quiet entertainer.

https://www.ocregister.com/2026/05/28/shrey-parikh-wins-the-scripps-national-spelling-bee-beating-ishaan-gupta-in-lightning-round/

The Democrats want this for you.    Tell the truth and it can be hate speech in Belgium.

https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/05/30/belgian-court-rules-factually-correct-remarks-can-be-hate-speech-n3815441

Blacks are like most Americans.

https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/05/31/black-people-are-not-children-nor-are-they-special-n2676957

A tune from Paul.

https://redstate.com/jerrywilson/2026/05/31/paul-mccartneys-the-boys-of-dungeon-lane-delivers-nonstick-sentiment-with-style-and-a-smile-n2202911

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The Pope is busy.

https://theonion.com/pope-releases-encyclical-on-perils-of-disneys-star-wars-strategy/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/

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Father Time picks another “flopper”.

https://babylonbee.com/news/tearful-lebron-james-hands-over-flopping-crown-to-shai-gilgeous-alexander

https://redstate.com/

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