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No. 970

Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son.

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Roadways that power themselves

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Flamingos...The Gnomes Still Have Nothing On Them

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300 trailer: the PG version

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Will The Madden Curse Strike Again?

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The Aral Sea(s): still shrinking

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Who else drinks grass?

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Meet James Ensor

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes. He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)