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Monday September 15, 2003

After eating an English missionary in 1867, contrite villagers in Fiji are now eating humble pie and want to say they are sorry. Reverend Thomas Baker, from Playden, East Sussex, was cooked and eaten by the people of the remote mountain village of Navatusila.

The only thing left of Mr. Baker, a clergyman with the Wesleyan Methodist Church, were his leather boots, and they even attempted to chew ...

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

All babies are color blind when they are born.

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

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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

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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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Weight Watchers will meet at 7.30 pm at the Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.

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Fun Book Titles

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

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

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

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

You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes. Why can't they make the whole plane out of the same material?

How long will a floating point operation float?

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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 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station is received.

Sunday February 7, 1915

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

Thursday February 7, 1991

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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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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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If you refuse to be made straight when you are wet, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
- African Proverb

Indecision is like a stepchild. If he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
- African Proverb

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

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World Firsts

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

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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The Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for their 1st United States tour.

Friday February 7, 1964

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Wise Words

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African Proverb

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

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

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Good Question

Do steam rollers really roll steam?

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

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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