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Wednesday June 6, 2007

Polish railway worker Jan Grzebski lost consciousness in 1988 after being struck by a train. He suffered horrific injuries when his head was trapped between two carriages. He didn't come out of his coma until Sunday June 3, 2007 when he opened his eyes to see his devoted wife Gertruda's face looking at him. She cared for him all through his coma. Mr. Grzebski was given only about two years to live ...

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Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.

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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Sign seen at a Hair Salon: We curl up and dye for you.

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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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The 1991 Spring Council Retreat will be hell May 10 and 11.

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

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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Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?

Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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World Firsts

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

Tuesday February 7, 1956

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

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

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

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25,000 Workers Died Building The Panama Canal
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World Firsts

"Stars & Stripes Weekly", the United States Armed Forces newspaper is first published.

Friday February 8, 1918

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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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Wise Words

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

When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.
- Albanian Proverb

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

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Good Question

When a doctor doctors a doctor does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored, or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?

Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?

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

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