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

A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.

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

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

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

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School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

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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?

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

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

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

Monday February 7, 1983

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

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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

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

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25,000 Workers Died Building The Panama Canal
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The Most Expensive Domain Name
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Backward Flowing River
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World Firsts

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

Tuesday February 7, 1956

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

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

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

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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?

If there are 52 weeks in a year, how many weeks are there in a light year?

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