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The Museum of Over 1,400 Decorated Toilet Seats
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Sunday Cartoon! - February 2, 2025
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Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, Kieran Castaño is the eighth artist to continue the legacy of illustrating the world's longest-running syndicated cartoon!