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Wednesday February 19, 2003

Handel's world famous Messiah, recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, has been given an X rating by an online music store. Apple Computer's online iTunes Music Store marked the baroque composer's masterpiece with the red warning that indicates the content might not be appropriate for young children or others with sensitive tastes. ...

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Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.

During World War II, Uncle Bens was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

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Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

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Our next song is: "Angels We Have Heard Get High."

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Fun Book Titles

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

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Good Question

Do steam rollers really roll steam?

When a doctor doctors a doctor does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored, or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?

How come wrong numbers are never busy?

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World Firsts

The 1st recorded race meet in England happens at Roodee Fields, Chester.

Friday February 9, 1540

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Joe DiMaggio becomes the 1st $100,000 a year baseball player. He plays for the New York Yankees.

Monday February 7, 1949

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The 1st successful United States educational magazine "Academician", starts publishing in New York City.

Saturday February 7, 1818

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Events

Relatives of a 91-year-old Ohio woman who died this week are giving her the last word with a sassy, occasionally profane obituary that starts with the basics, "I was born. I lived. I died.", and instructs people to "Wait the appropriate amount of time" before trying to claim her stuff.

They wrote it in Jean Oddi's perspective, recapping the people important to her, adventures she had and her favorite activities, including playing cards and teaching her granddaughter "dirty songs".

Thursday February 23, 2017

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The man known as the 'Crocodile Hunter' died after his chest was punctured by a stingray barb while diving off Australia's northeast coast. The 44 year-old colourful personality was filming a documentary about the Great Barrier Reef when tragedy struck.

According to friend and colleague, John Stainton, Steve Irwin swam too close to the ray while he was diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef, northeast of Port Douglas.

Monday September 4, 2006

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A father and son in Alabama were killed when they crashed into each other in a head-on collision. Jeffrey Morris Brasher and his son Austin Blaine Brasher of Bankston, Alabama, died early Saturday morning.

Jeffrey Brasher was driving a 2006 Ford pickup and his son was driving a 2004 Chevrolet truck when they collided on a highway head-on, said Alabama State Trooper Jonathon Appling.

Saturday February 18, 2017

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Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
- African Proverb

Indecision is like a stepchild. If he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
- African Proverb

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
- African Proverb

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World Firsts

Richard Johnson is the 1st Vice President chosen by the United States Senate. It happened during the Van Buren administration.

Wednesday February 8, 1837

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The 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station is received.

Sunday February 7, 1915

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1st meeting of the Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America.

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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Wise Words

Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.
- African Proverb

It takes a village to raise a child.
- African Proverb

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
- American Indian Proverb

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Good Question

How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?

Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?

Why do you need a drivers license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?

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