News Thats Used

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 volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

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

Quips

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

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Fun Book Titles

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

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Good Question

If buttered toast always lands buttered side down and a cat always lands on its feet, what would happen if you tied a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped them both?

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?

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World Firsts

The first storm warnings for ships was issued by English Admiral, Robert Ritzroy.

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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"Monopoly" the board game goes on sale for the 1st time.

Wednesday February 6, 1935

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The 1st recorded race meet in England happens at Roodee Fields, Chester.

Friday February 9, 1540

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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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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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