Fun Facts: Really? Part 4

According to researchers at the National Hansen’s Disease Program in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the armadillo is one of the few mammals  that harbors the bacteria that cause leprosy.

Clint Eastwood was the mayor of Carmel, California, from 1986 to 1988. His salary was $200 a month.

To this day, four percent of the sand on Normandy beaches is made of shrapnel from the fight on D-Day.

McDonald’s Hamburger University trains students in restaurant management skills, and has over 275,000 graduates with a selection rate of one percent at its Shanghai Campus; this intense, week-long training program is more exclusive than Harvard.

 

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

You can’t buy happiness, but you can
buy ice cream, and that’s kind of the same thing.
Paige Lovelace

THE SPHINX—INTERESTING

The dems and the paper are racist.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/07/24/usa-today-once-again-eats-pavement-over-this-tweet-about-caitlin-clark-n2680109

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A great ad for Steve Hilton in California.

https://x.com/SteveHiltonx/status/2080307427732242839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2080307427732242839%7Ctwgr%5Eca97b2c7cc0dbfc7484086729dc8ed12f4d6f5fe%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fwardclark%2F2026%2F07%2F23%2Fthis-is-the-way-watch-ca-republican-steve-hiltons-world-class-campaign-ad-n2204710

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A 14 year old hero.

https://www.breitbart.com/local/2026/07/21/montana-14-year-old-ropes-drowning-man-to-save-his-life/

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A killer.  I’m surprised Timmy didn’t fly his family over on first class.

https://nypost.com/2026/07/22/us-news/minnesota-migrant-tsegaab-binessu-allegedly-executes-3-apartment-complex-staffers-over-parking-contract-dispute/

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They should have been pumping water from the Columbia River for years.

https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/07/21/seven-states-kept-arguing-as-the-colorado-river-hit-a-record-low-n4955305

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River

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California.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/07/21/what-are-they-so-afraid-of-ca-ag-bontas-slippery-title-switch-tries-to-kneecap-voter-id-measure-n2204605

Thune sux.

https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2026/07/22/john-thune-continues-to-play-politics-stalling-house-cr-until-after-the-august-recess-n2204620

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A big decision in Texas.

https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/07/22/texas-appeals-court-bars-judges-from-releasing-migrants-awaiting-deportation/

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The Interesting Editor:    What is interesting, LL ?

The Curious Cat:   I have some 5 star interesting items.   If you want to work 2,600 hours of overtime and make big bucks get this job.     A NYC taxpayer scam.   That’s 65-40 hour overtime weeks.

https://nypost.com/2026/07/14/opinion/nychas-465000-a-year-plumber-is-just-a-taste-of-its-massive-dysfunction/

The pipelines should have been built years ago.   I guess they needed Iran neutralized.

https://nypost.com/2026/07/14/world-news/middle-east-allies-rushing-new-pipelines-port-to-bypass-irans-grip-on-strait-of-hormuz/

How microchips are made.

I would be satisfied if every Commie Democrat lost.    When ‘The Mick’ was wrinkle free.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=satisfaction+song+rolling+stones#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:738d864e,vid:lt8pQDY51u0,st:0

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This is satire.

https://babylonbee.com/news/explosive-diarrhea-epidemic-traced-to-gain-of-function-lab-at-taco-bell-institute

https://www.somaliguardian.com/

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Is he a ‘bot’ ?

https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-to-secure-strait-of-hormuz-by-posting-old-man-who-asks-you-3-questions-before-you-may-pass

https://hotair.com/