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Saturday November 1, 2003

It's a boy, no a girl - for Heather and Paul McCartney. Don't believe everything you read in the newspapers, especially Britain's Daily Mirror.

It got it spectacularly wrong when it announced the birth of a new baby for 61-year-old superstar Sir Paul McCartney's and his wife Heather Mills. Proudly revealing its world scoop, the front page banner headline screamed: "It's a boy! Exclusive - Macca ...

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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.

Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.

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

Quips

This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

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The Vicar is on vacation. Massages can be given to the Church Secretary.

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The 1991 Spring Council Retreat will be hell May 10 and 11.

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Fun Book Titles

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

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

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

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

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Good Question

How long will a floating point operation float?

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

If buttered toast always lands buttered side down and a cat always lands on its feet, what would happen if you tied a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped them both?

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World Firsts

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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New Jersey issues its 1st U.S. railroad charter. The proprietors included the famous inventor John Stevens.

Monday February 6, 1815

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Richard Johnson is the 1st Vice President chosen by the United States Senate. It happened during the Van Buren administration.

Wednesday February 8, 1837

Filed Under: → Politics

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

Filed Under: → Deaths

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

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African Proverb

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25,000 Workers Died Building The Panama Canal
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World Firsts

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

Tuesday February 7, 1956

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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 1st appearance of cholera happens in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Monday February 6, 1832

Filed Under: → Medicine

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Wise Words

It takes a village to raise a child.
- 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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Good Question

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

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

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