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45 Funny Dad Quotes That Are Perfect for Father’s Day

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By Brandon Specktor Verified
| Reader's Digest (U.S.) Verified
RD.com, Getty Images Funny Father’s Day quotes “We wondered why when a child laughed, he belonged to Daddy, and when he had a sagging diaper that smelled like a landfill, ‘He wants his mother.’” —Erma Bombeck “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant, I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” —Mark Twain “Remember: What Dad really wants is a nap.
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‘In an unrecoverable state’: NASA confirms MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after orbital ‘anomaly’ behind Mars

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By Brandon Specktor Verified
| Threat Beat
Artist’s concept of NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft at Mars. (NASA/Goddard/University of Colorado/Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics) By Brandon Specktor • Jun 05, 2026 After 11 years studying Mars from above, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead, the agency announced in a statement on Wednesday (June 3). The culprit: a drained battery, triggered by an as-yet-unknown anomaly. MAVEN (short for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) began orbiting Mars on Sept.
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Are These the World’s 7 Funniest Paintings?

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By Brandon Specktor Verified
| Yahoo Singapore Verified
Brandon Specktor Thu, 4 June 2026 at 7:50 pm UTC 4 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. funny-art-magritte-clairvoyance La Clairvoyance, René Magritte, 1936 The funny, far-out visions of surrealists like René Magritte and Salvador Dalí influenced decades of graphic humor, from Monty Python to classic ’90s cartoons and beyond.
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