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Monday October 15, 2007

Britain has a Millionaire Shoplifter on their Most Wanted List. He dresses in expensive designer clothes and stays at the poshest hotels. But Kevin Castle who hides behind the face of a respectable businessman is a 'Millionaire Shoplifter' who makes £1,000 (over $2000) a day from his crimes.

British police, who are hunting the well-dressed crook with a taste for the good life, have declared hi ...

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About twenty-five percent of the population will sneeze when they are exposed to light.

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

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

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This afternoon there will be a meeting in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

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

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

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Fun Book Titles

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

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Good Question

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

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

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

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World Firsts

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

Thursday February 7, 1991

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Edward of Caernarion, later Edward II, becomes the 1st Prince of Wales.

Monday February 7, 1301

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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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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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It takes a village to raise a child.
- African Proverb

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

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

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World Firsts

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

Wednesday February 6, 1935

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

Tuesday February 7, 1984

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New Jersey issues its 1st U.S. railroad charter. The proprietors included the famous inventor John Stevens.

Monday February 6, 1815

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Wise Words

Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.
- African Proverb

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

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

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

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

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