News Thats Used

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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Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.

During World War II, Uncle Bens was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.

A person infected with the SARS virus has a 95% - 98% chance of recovery.

Quips

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

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

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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?".
Come early and listen to the choir practice.

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Fun Book Titles

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

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Good Question

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?

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

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

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World Firsts

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

Friday February 9, 1540

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The first Guernsey Cattle Club organizes in New York City.

Wednesday February 7, 1877

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

Wednesday February 6, 1935

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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

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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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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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