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Retired flavors: Ben & Jerry’s, renowned for its offbeat ice cream, adopts a unique approach to discontinued varieties with their “Flavor Graveyard.” Located at the Ben & Jerry’s Factory in Waterbury, Vermont (U.S.) and also pictured on a dedicated page on the company’s website, the Graveyard features granite headstones with epitaphs honoring the legacy of “dearly depinted” flavors. The Graveyard started in 1997 with only four flavors but now lists 35 like Wavy Gravy, Dublin Mudslide, Economic Crunch, and Holy Cannoli. The Flavor Graveyard attracts visitors from across the world, allowing ice cream enthusiasts to pay respects to retired recipes. Recently, the flavor What a Cluster was laid to rest with an actual ceremony.

Furry heirs: One wealthy woman in China seems to love her pets more than her three children. The Shanghai woman, with the surname Liu, has an estate worth $2.8 million and wrote a will to leave her fortune in the care of a local veterinarian appointed as the will administrator. The vet is responsible for the care of her pets. The woman was motivated to make the unusual choice because she claimed her offspring seldom contacted her and didn’t visit or care for her when she became ill. Liu had wanted to leave her money directly to her pets, but that was illegal. 

Big find: A diamond about the size of a candy gumdrop was discovered by a French tourist visiting the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas (U.S.). The man had experience panning for gold and searching for ammonite fossils, so he knew how to go about things. He rented a diamond hunting kit from the park and set to work. A recent rain had washed away dirt and uncovered heavy rocks, leaving minerals and diamonds lying near the surface and making the search a bit easier. He intends to have the brown, 7.46-carat rock cut into two diamonds, one for his fiancée and another for his daughter. 

Lost wallet: A Chicago woman who lost her wallet during a visit to Arizona had it returned, 29 years later! A man from Mesa, Arizona (U.S.), was diving and kayaking in the Salt River not far from the Goldfield Mine in Apache Junction. He was with six family members when he found the wallet, about 15 feet (4.5 m) below the surface. Spending time on the water is the family’s favorite pastime and they often find rings, jewelry, and fishing rods. But this time they were glad to see that the wallet included a driver’s license, which allowed them to search online for the owner, and eventually return the wallet to her.

Quoteable Quotes

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“If we could be twice young and twice old, we could 

correct all our mistakes.” 

—Euripides

“The action is best which procures the greatest happiness 

for the greatest numbers.” 

—Francis Hutcheson

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Trivia

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1. Fictional character James Bond briefly was married to “Tracy”—T/F? 

2. The game cribbage is played with a board, pegs, and _____. 

3. In which city can you visit the Prado art museum?

4. A brachialis is a tendon, ligament, or muscle?

5. This ancient Greek physician is called the father of western medicine.

Your Weekly Horoscope

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Lucky numbers this week: This week’s odds favor Taurus winners with the luckiest number being 11.

Did You Know...

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Hawaiian dessert: Anyone visiting Hawaii (U.S.) should try its famous Haupia pie. This decadent, layered dish starts with a pie crust, usually followed by coconut and chocolate pudding, topped with whipped cream. 

Peace prize: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is better known as Mother Theresa. Born in 1910 in what is now North Macedonia, she became a nun at 18 and worked in the slums of India, which earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. 

Waiting for visitors: During Canada’s 1967 centennial, the town of St. Paul, Alberta, celebrated by building the world’s first UFO landing pad. No extra-terrestrial visitors have been sighted, but thousands of humans have taken a look. 

Indoor plant: Indoor gardeners might want to try growing a bamboo plant. These attractive plants like indirect light and don’t need much water. Avoid using water with fluoride and chlorine. Bottled is the best choice. 

Crispy snack: A traditional Portuguese dish is bolinhos de bacalhau, also called pastéis de bacalhau. These are fritters made with cod, potatoes, onions, eggs, parsley, and spices, then deep fried.

On the Lighter Side

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Knock! Knock! Who’s there? Uriah. Uriah who? Keep Uriah on the ball!

Why did the farmer plow the field with a steam roller? He wanted to grow mashed potatoes. 

People say I look better without my glasses on. But I just can’t see it.

Paul Revere always carried a handkerchief. He was, after all, the town crier.

Customer: “I suppose you call this modern art?”

Art Dealer: “No, it’s a mirror.”

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