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Tuesday September 16, 2003

The people in a remote Italian village walled up their local Priest in the parish church to prevent him from leaving. Fr. Emilio Succhiella became a 'prisoner of love' after Capuchin Franciscans decided to withdraw from Trasacco, in the mountainous Abruzzo region near Rome, after 428 years of service.

Protesting villagers took the unusual step after they had unsuccessfully appealed to the Order ...

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Buttermilk does not contain any butter.

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

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

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Sign seen at a Hair Salon: We curl up and dye for you.

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Weight Watchers will meet at 7.30 pm at the Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double doors at the side entrance.

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

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Fun Book Titles

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

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Good Question

Can you repeat the part after "Listen very carefully"?

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

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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World Firsts

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

Saturday February 7, 1818

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

Friday February 8, 1918

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The 1st indoor 15' pole vault, completed by Cornelius Warmerdam, achieving 15 feet 3/8 inches.

Saturday February 7, 1942

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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

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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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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

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

When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot.
- African Proverb

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World Firsts

Joe DiMaggio becomes the 1st $100,000 a year baseball player. He plays for the New York Yankees.

Monday February 7, 1949

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1st meeting of the Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America.

Wednesday February 6, 1861

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Richard Johnson is the 1st Vice President chosen by the United States Senate. It happened during the Van Buren administration.

Wednesday February 8, 1837

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Wise Words

When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot.
- African Proverb

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

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

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Good Question

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

How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?

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

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