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Tuesday October 7, 2003

A German bar has come up with the perfect answer for women who like to shop in peace without the stress of moaning partners - a kindergarten for men. For a mere $11.80 a woman can dump her husband at the Noxbar in downtown Hamburg, while she can get on with her shopping.

The woman can shop till she drops in the city's attractive boutiques, while her man is kept fully occupied and amused at the ...

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During World War II, Uncle Bens was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.

Each year there are more than 40,000 toilet related injuries in the United States.

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

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Sign seen in a bar: "Those drinking to forget, please pay in advance."

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

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

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Fun Book Titles

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

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

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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

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?

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

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

Friday February 8, 1918

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France recognizes the United States of America and signs a treaty of aid in Paris; it's the 1st U.S. treaty.

Friday February 6, 1778

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

Friday February 9, 1540

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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

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

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

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

The United States swears in its 1st female Secretary of Transportation, namely Elizabeth Dole.

Monday February 7, 1983

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

Friday February 9, 1540

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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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Wise Words

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

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

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

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Good Question

Why do you need a drivers license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?

If fire fighters fight fire and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?

If a fly has no wings would you call him a walk?

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