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Wednesday June 6, 2007

Polish railway worker Jan Grzebski lost consciousness in 1988 after being struck by a train. He suffered horrific injuries when his head was trapped between two carriages. He didn't come out of his coma until Sunday June 3, 2007 when he opened his eyes to see his devoted wife Gertruda's face looking at him. She cared for him all through his coma. Mr. Grzebski was given only about two years to live ...

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All babies are color blind when they are born.

Crayola is a French word that means Oily chalk.

Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

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

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The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

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

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Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

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

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

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The 1st recorded race meet in England happens at Roodee Fields, Chester.

Friday February 9, 1540

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"Stars & Stripes Weekly", the United States Armed Forces newspaper is first published.

Friday February 8, 1918

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

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

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25,000 Workers Died Building The Panama Canal
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World Firsts

Edward of Caernarion, later Edward II, becomes the 1st Prince of Wales.

Monday February 7, 1301

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

Monday February 7, 1983

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The 1st recorded race meet in England happens at Roodee Fields, Chester.

Friday February 9, 1540

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

If you refuse to be made straight when you are wet, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
- African Proverb

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

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Good Question

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

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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?

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