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Did You Know

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

  • Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

  • Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

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  • Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

  • A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.

  • Another name for a Microsoft Windows 98 tutorial was Crash Course!

Quips

The Minister unveiled the Church's new donations campaign on Sunday: "I upped my Pledge - Up Yours".

Filed Under: Church Notices


Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

Filed Under: Church Notices


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

Filed Under: Church Notices


Fun Book Titles

  • Neck Exercises
    - by G. Rarff

  • How to Feed Elephants
    - by P. Nutts

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

  • Peek-a-Boo!
    - by I. C. Hugh

  • Apologizing Made Simple
    - by Thayer Thorry

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Good Question

  • If a fly has no wings would you call him a walk?

  • How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?

  • How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

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World Firsts

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

    Thursday February 7, 1889

  • Filed Under: → Science


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

    Friday February 8, 1918

  • Filed Under: → War


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

    Sunday February 7, 1915

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


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

  • 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


  • 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


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

  • Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
    - American Indian Proverb

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

World Firsts

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

    Thursday February 7, 1991

  • Filed Under: → Politics


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

    Wednesday February 7, 1877

  • Filed Under: → Business & Industry


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

    Tuesday February 7, 1984

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


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Wise Words

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

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

  • Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
    - African Proverb

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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"?

  • Does killing time damage eternity?

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

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