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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 dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119.

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

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

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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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This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

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

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

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

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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 come wrong numbers are never busy?

How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

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World Firsts

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

Thursday February 7, 1991

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

Monday February 7, 1301

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

When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.
- African Proverb

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

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World Firsts

1st meeting of the Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America.

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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The first Guernsey Cattle Club organizes in New York City.

Wednesday February 7, 1877

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Richard Johnson is the 1st Vice President chosen by the United States Senate. It happened during the Van Buren administration.

Wednesday February 8, 1837

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Wise Words

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

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

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African Proverb

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

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

Does killing time damage eternity?

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