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Tuesday September 9, 2003

Criminal charges were filed by Federal Prosecutors against a man who had himself shipped by air in a crate from New York to Dallas to visit his parents. Charles D. McKinley was charged with stowing away on a cargo jet.

McKinley, a 25-year-old shipping clerk at a New York warehouse, journeyed overnight about 1,500 miles by truck, plane and delivery van before startling his parents by popping out ...

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

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119.

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

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

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Thursday night is Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

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

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Fun Book Titles

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

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Good Question

You know how most packages say "Open here". What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else"?

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?

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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World Firsts

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

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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John Ames Sherman of Massachusetts, United States, patents the 1st envelope folding and gumming machine.

Tuesday February 8, 1898

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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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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

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

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

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

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World Firsts

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

Wednesday February 6, 1935

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

Monday February 6, 1832

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Wise Words

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

Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
- African Proverb

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

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Good Question

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?

If love is blind, why is Lingerie so popular?

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

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