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Friday February 3, 2017

According to a hospital in Spain, a woman gave birth to twins at the age of 64. A News release from Hospital Recoletas Burgos, a hospital in Burgos, Spain, the sexagenarian gave birth via C-section to a boy and a girl, and all three patients are in perfect health.

The woman, who is being identified by her initials, had undergone IVF treatment in the United States before returning to Spain.

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

An earthquake on December 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards.

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

Quips

Our next song is: "Angels We Have Heard Get High."

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Don't let worry kill you. Let the Church help.

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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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Fun Book Titles

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

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Good Question

How come wrong numbers are never busy?

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?

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

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World Firsts

France recognizes the United States of America and signs a treaty of aid in Paris; it's the 1st U.S. treaty.

Friday February 6, 1778

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

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the 1st United States Ski Club.

Tuesday February 8, 1887

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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

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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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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
- 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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Backward Flowing River
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World Firsts

John Ames Sherman of Massachusetts, United States, patents the 1st envelope folding and gumming machine.

Tuesday February 8, 1898

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

Sunday February 7, 1915

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The 1st solo England to Australia flight takes off piloted by Bert Hinkler.

Tuesday February 7, 1928

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Wise Words

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African Proverb

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

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

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Good Question

When a doctor doctors a doctor does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored, or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?

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

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

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