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Did You Know

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

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

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

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

  • Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

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

Quips

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


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

Filed Under: Church Notices


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

Filed Under: Church Notices


Fun Book Titles

  • Apologizing Made Simple
    - by Thayer Thorry

  • The Barber of Seville
    - by Aaron Floor

  • All Aboard!
    - by Abel Seamann

  • Peek-a-Boo!
    - by I. C. Hugh

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

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Good Question

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

  • Does killing time damage eternity?

  • If fire fighters fight fire and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?

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World Firsts

  • The 1st appearance of cholera happens in Edinburgh, Scotland.

    Monday February 6, 1832

  • Filed Under: → Medicine


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

    Thursday February 7, 1889

  • Filed Under: → Science


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

    Tuesday February 7, 1984

  • 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


  • 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


  • 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


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

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

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

World Firsts

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

    Saturday February 7, 1818

  • Filed Under: → Education


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

    Wednesday February 7, 1877

  • Filed Under: → Business & Industry


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

    Friday February 9, 1540

  • Filed Under: → Sports


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Wise Words

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

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

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

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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?

  • Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo. How come nobody will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down?

  • Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

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