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Did You Know

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

  • All babies are color blind when they are born.

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

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

  • 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.

Quips

The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning, to join the Choir.

Filed Under: Church Notices


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

Filed Under: Signs


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

Filed Under: Church Notices


Fun Book Titles

  • How to Feed Elephants
    - by P. Nutts

  • All Aboard!
    - by Abel Seamann

  • Peek-a-Boo!
    - by I. C. Hugh

  • The Barber of Seville
    - by Aaron Floor

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

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Good Question

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

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

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

Filed Under: Good Question

World Firsts

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

    Wednesday February 6, 1861

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


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

    Monday February 7, 1983

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


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

    Tuesday February 7, 1984

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


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


  • 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

  • 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

  • Filed Under: → Deaths


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

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

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

World Firsts

  • Astronomical Society of Pacific holds its 1st meeting in San Francisco.

    Thursday February 7, 1889

  • Filed Under: → Science


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

    Sunday February 7, 1915

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


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

    Monday February 6, 1832

  • Filed Under: → Medicine


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Wise Words

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

  • It takes a village to raise a child.
    - 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

Filed Under: Wise Words

Good Question

  • You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes. Why can't they make the whole plane out of the same material?

  • Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

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

Filed Under: → Good Question