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Monday September 15, 2003

After eating an English missionary in 1867, contrite villagers in Fiji are now eating humble pie and want to say they are sorry. Reverend Thomas Baker, from Playden, East Sussex, was cooked and eaten by the people of the remote mountain village of Navatusila.

The only thing left of Mr. Baker, a clergyman with the Wesleyan Methodist Church, were his leather boots, and they even attempted to chew ...

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Another name for a Microsoft Windows 98 tutorial was Crash Course!

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

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge, a quarter has 119.

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

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The Minister unveiled the Church's new donations campaign on Sunday: "I upped my Pledge - Up Yours".

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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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Fun Book Titles

Apologizing Made Simple
- by Thayer Thorry

Neck Exercises
- by G. Rarff

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

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

School Meals
- by R. E. Volting

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Good Question

If a fly has no wings would you call him a walk?

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

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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World Firsts

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

Friday February 7, 1964

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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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Autherine Lucy, the 1st black student admitted to University of Alabama, is expelled.

Tuesday February 7, 1956

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

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

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
- African Proverb

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25,000 Workers Died Building The Panama Canal
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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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Edward of Caernarion, later Edward II, becomes the 1st Prince of Wales.

Monday February 7, 1301

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

Monday February 6, 1832

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Wise Words

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

If you refuse to be made straight when you are wet, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
- African Proverb

Indecision is like a stepchild. If he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.
- African Proverb

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Good Question

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

If CON is the opposite of PRO, is congress the opposite of progress?

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

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