News Thats Used

Friday October 3, 2003

An Indian who was officially dead for 18 years and the scientists who invented Murphy's law were among the winners of the IgNobel Awards.

The awards are a spoof on the Nobel Prizes, celebrated annually in Boston to honor achievements that "cannot or should not be reproduced." They are presented by science humor magazine 'Annals of Improbable Research' and several groups at Harvard and Radcliffe ...

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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.

Each year there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.

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

Quips

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

Filed Under: Church Notices

The Minister unveiled the Church's new donations campaign on Sunday: "I upped my Pledge - Up Yours".

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The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning, to join the Choir.

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Fun Book Titles

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

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Good Question

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

Can you repeat the part after "Listen very carefully"?

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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World Firsts

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

Friday February 9, 1540

Filed Under: → Sports

Bruce McCandless of the United States, makes the 1st untethered space walk.

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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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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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

Filed Under: → Deaths

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