News Thats Used

Friday September 19, 2003

The largest rodent ever was a giant guinea pig as big as a buffalo, which lived in South America eight million years ago, researchers say this week in the journal Science.

More than twice as heavy as the previous record holder, it was more than 10 times the size of today's largest living rodent, the South American Capybara. This giant rodent grazed on grasses, which it must have eaten in large ...

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A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.

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

An earthquake on December 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

Quips

The Vicar is on vacation. Massages can be given to the Church Secretary.

Filed Under: Church Notices

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

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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?".
Come early and listen to the choir practice.

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Fun Book Titles

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

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

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

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Good Question

Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

How come wrong numbers are never busy?

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

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World Firsts

Autherine Lucy, the 1st black student admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled.

Tuesday February 7, 1956

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Edward of Caernarion, later Edward II, becomes the 1st Prince of Wales.

Monday February 7, 1301

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New Jersey issues its 1st U.S. railroad charter. The proprietors included the famous inventor John Stevens.

Monday February 6, 1815

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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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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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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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