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Sunday September 21, 2003

Famous for his magical illusions and stunts in America, but not all Londoners are impressed by David Blaine's bid to spend 40 days without food in a glass box suspended from a crane in the centre of the English capital. Shortly after the American began his stunt he was pelted with eggs, taunted with the smell of fish and chips and woken up by a man banging on a drum. ...

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Crayola is a French word that means Oily chalk.

Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

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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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Thursday night is Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

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

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Fun Book Titles

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

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

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

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

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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?

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

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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World Firsts

Astronomical Society of Pacific holds its 1st meeting in San Francisco.

Thursday February 7, 1889

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John Ames Sherman of Massachusetts, United States, patents the 1st envelope folding and gumming machine.

Tuesday February 8, 1898

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

Monday February 6, 1832

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

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

Sunday February 7, 1915

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

Tuesday February 7, 1956

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Wise Words

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

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

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

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Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

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?

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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