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

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

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

Quips

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

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

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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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Fun Book Titles

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

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

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Good Question

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

What will fall on the lawn first? An autumn leaf or a Christmas catalogue?

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo. How come nobody will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down?

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World Firsts

The 1st appearance of cholera happens in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Monday February 6, 1832

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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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Events

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

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

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

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25,000 Workers Died Building The Panama Canal
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Backward Flowing River
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World Firsts

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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The 1st successful United States educational magazine "Academician", starts publishing in New York City.

Saturday February 7, 1818

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

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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Wise Words

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

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

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

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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?

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

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo. How come nobody will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down?

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