News Thats Used

Friday September 12, 2003

Swaziland's King Mswati III selected bride number 12, less than a week after he picked his 11th bride from thousands of young Swazi maidens. Mswati's 12th bride was identified as 18-year-old Nomonde Fihla, who was crowned the first princess in the Miss Swaziland 2003 pageant. In an interview at the time, she told a magazine she did not believe in polygamy.

Fihla was one of thousands of maidens ...

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

All babies are color blind when they are born.

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

Quips

Our next song is: "Angels We Have Heard Get High."

Filed Under: Church Notices

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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Don't let worry kill you. Let the Church help.

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Fun Book Titles

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

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Good Question

Why does an inspiring sight like a sunrise always have to take place at such an inconvenient time?

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

Can you repeat the part after "Listen very carefully"?

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World Firsts

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

Monday February 6, 1832

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

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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The 1st indoor 15' pole vault, completed by Cornelius Warmerdam, achieving 15 feet 3/8 inches.

Saturday February 7, 1942

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Events

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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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

Filed Under: → Deaths