News Thats Used

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

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

Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

Quips

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

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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

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

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Fun Book Titles

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

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Good Question

How come wrong numbers are never busy?

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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

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World Firsts

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

Wednesday February 6, 1935

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

Sunday February 7, 1915

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Bruce McCandless of the United States, makes the 1st untethered space walk.

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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Events

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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