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EDITION #1305 This issue 5ยข
This is day 362 of 2025

Did You Know

  • Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

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

  • Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.

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  • Crayola is a French word that means Oily chalk.

  • A person infected with the SARS virus has a 95% - 98% chance of recovery.

  • Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

Quips

Thursday night is Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

Filed Under: Church Notices


Weight Watchers will meet at 7.30 pm at the Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.

Filed Under: Church Notices


The 1991 Spring Council Retreat will be hell May 10 and 11.

Filed Under: Church Notices


Fun Book Titles

  • My Years in a Lunatic Asylum
    - by I. M. Nutty

  • How to Feed Elephants
    - by P. Nutts

  • All Aboard!
    - by Abel Seamann

  • Neck Exercises
    - by G. Rarff

  • Peek-a-Boo!
    - by I. C. Hugh

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Good Question

  • If there are 52 weeks in a year, how many weeks are there in a light year?

  • Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?

  • If fire fighters fight fire and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?

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World Firsts

  • The Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for their 1st United States tour.

    Friday February 7, 1964

  • Filed Under: → Entertainment


  • The first Guernsey Cattle Club organizes in New York City.

    Wednesday February 7, 1877

  • Filed Under: → Business & Industry


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

    Friday February 9, 1540

  • Filed Under: → Sports


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

  • Filed Under: → Deaths


  • 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

  • Filed Under: → Deaths


  • 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

  • Filed Under: → Deaths


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

  • Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
    - African Proverb

  • When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.
    - Albanian Proverb

World Firsts

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

    Sunday February 7, 1915

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


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

    Saturday February 7, 1818

  • Filed Under: → Education


  • The Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for their 1st United States tour.

    Friday February 7, 1964

  • Filed Under: → Entertainment


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Wise Words

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

  • When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot.
    - African Proverb

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

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Good Question

  • Do steam rollers really roll steam?

  • If CON is the opposite of PRO, is congress the opposite of progress?

  • You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?

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