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Tuesday September 9, 2003

Criminal charges were filed by Federal Prosecutors against a man who had himself shipped by air in a crate from New York to Dallas to visit his parents. Charles D. McKinley was charged with stowing away on a cargo jet.

McKinley, a 25-year-old shipping clerk at a New York warehouse, journeyed overnight about 1,500 miles by truck, plane and delivery van before startling his parents by popping out ...

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

About twenty-five percent of the population will sneeze when they are exposed to light.

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

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

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Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and the deterioration of some of the older ones.

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Fun Book Titles

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

Peek-a-Boo!
- by I. C. Hugh

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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

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What will fall on the lawn first? An autumn leaf or a Christmas catalogue?

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

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

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World Firsts

The first storm warnings for ships was issued by English Admiral, Robert Ritzroy.

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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France recognizes the United States of America and signs a treaty of aid in Paris; it's the 1st U.S. treaty.

Friday February 6, 1778

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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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Events

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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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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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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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African Proverb

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

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

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World Firsts

The 1st indoor 15' pole vault, completed by Cornelius Warmerdam, achieving 15 feet 3/8 inches.

Saturday February 7, 1942

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

Friday February 9, 1540

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Wise Words

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African Proverb

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

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

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Good Question

If love is blind, why is Lingerie so popular?

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

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

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