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Handels Messiah Gets An X Rating

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Wednesday February 19, 2003

Handel's world famous Messiah, recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, has been given an X rating by an online music store. Apple Computer's online iTunes Music Store marked the baroque composer's masterpiece with the red warning that indicates the content might not be appropriate for young children or others with sensitive tastes. ...

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  • During World War II, Uncle Bens was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
  • Buttermilk does not contain any butter.
  • An earthquake on December 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.
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Loved In America, Not So Much In London

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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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1st Recorded Race Meet
Stars And Stripes Weekly
1st Envelope Machine
1st United States Ski Club
1st Vice President Chosen By The Senate
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
1st Untethered Space Walk
Female Secretary Of Transportation
Beatles Land At New York JFK Airport
Autherine Lucy 1st Black Student
Joe DiMaggio Becomes The 1st
1st Indoor 15 Foot Pole Vault

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Stark Ultimatum For 840 Pound Man

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Thursday March 6, 2008

Doctors delivered a stark ultimatum to a 39-year-old Englishman, who grew to a colossal 60 stone, 840 pounds. Colin Corfield's battle for survival was the subject of a poignant and moving ITV television documentary.

The Runcorn pub landlord in Cheshire was warned two years ago that his own body fat could suffocate him. So he decided to take drastic action and have risky gastric surgery. It has ...

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Did You Know

  • A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.
  • A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.
  • About twenty-five percent of the population will sneeze when they are exposed to light.

Quips

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

Filed Under: Church Notices

Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and the deterioration of some of the older ones.

Filed Under: Church Notices

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

Filed Under: Signs

Fun Book Titles

  • Neck Exercises
    - by G. Rarff
  • The Barber of Seville
    - by Aaron Floor
  • My Years in a Lunatic Asylum
    - by I. M. Nutty
  • School Meals
    - by R. E. Volting
  • Apologizing Made Simple
    - by Thayer Thorry

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Good Question

  • Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
  • If there are 52 weeks in a year, how many weeks are there in a light year?
  • If fire fighters fight fire and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?
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World Firsts

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

    Wednesday February 6, 1935

    • Filed Under: → Business & Industry

  • The 1st successful United States educational magazine "Academician", starts publishing in New York City.

    Saturday February 7, 1818

    • Filed Under: → Education

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

    Wednesday February 6, 1861

    • Filed Under: → Travel Section

Events

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Wise Words

  • Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
    - 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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World Firsts

  • The first Guernsey Cattle Club organizes in New York City.

    Wednesday February 7, 1877

    • Filed Under: → Business & Industry

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

    Monday February 7, 1983

    • Filed Under: → Travel Section

  • Jean-Bertrand Aristide is sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected President.

    Thursday February 7, 1991

    • Filed Under: → Politics

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Wise Words

  • 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
  • It takes a village to raise a child.
    - African Proverb

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Good Question

  • Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
  • Does killing time damage eternity?
  • 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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