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Did You Know

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

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

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

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  • 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.

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

Quips

Sign seen in a bar: "Those drinking to forget, please pay in advance."

Filed Under: Signs


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

Filed Under: Church Notices


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

Filed Under: Church Notices


Fun Book Titles

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

  • Neck Exercises
    - by G. Rarff

  • School Meals
    - by R. E. Volting

  • Falling from a Window
    - by Eileen Dowt

  • All Aboard!
    - by Abel Seamann

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

  • How come wrong numbers are never busy?

Filed Under: Good Question

World Firsts

  • The 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off piloted by Bert Hinkler.

    Tuesday February 7, 1928

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


  • Astronomical Society of Pacific holds its 1st meeting in San Francisco.

    Thursday February 7, 1889

  • Filed Under: → Science


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

    Monday February 6, 1815

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


Events

  • 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


  • 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


  • 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


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

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

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

World Firsts

  • John Ames Sherman of Massachusetts, United States, patents the 1st envelope folding and gumming machine.

    Tuesday February 8, 1898

  • Filed Under: → Business & Industry


  • Jean-Bertrand Aristide is sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected President.

    Thursday February 7, 1991

  • Filed Under: → Politics


  • 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

  • Filed Under: → War


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Wise Words

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

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

  • Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
    - African Proverb

Filed Under: Wise Words

Good Question

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

  • 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?

  • How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

Filed Under: → Good Question