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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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Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

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

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

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Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

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

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Fun Book Titles

Peek-a-Boo!
- by I. C. Hugh

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

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Good Question

Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?

Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

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World Firsts

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

Sunday February 7, 1915

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The Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for their 1st United States tour.

Friday February 7, 1964

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

Tuesday February 8, 1898

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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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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

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

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World Firsts

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

Monday February 6, 1832

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

Monday February 7, 1301

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

Friday February 8, 1918

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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 you have given nothing, ask for nothing.
- Albanian 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?

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

How come wrong numbers are never busy?

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