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• Alan Thicke is probably best known for his role of Jason Seaver on Growing Pains. • The exterior of Cheers was really The Bull Here are a few things you might now know and Finch Pub in Boston, Massachusetts. about him. He wrote and sang both theme • Then unknown actor Leonardo DiCaprio songs for Diff’rent Strokes. played Luke Bower in the final season of • Indiana Jones’s bullwhip was sold at aucGrowing Pains. tion at Christie’s in London for $43,000.
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1. COMICS: What was the name of Calvin’s teacher in “Calvin & Hobbes”? 2. LANGUAGE: What does it mean when something is described as being “draconian”? 3. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Ecuador? 4. MATH: What is the sequence in Fibonacci numbers? 5. ADVERTISING SLOGANS: What product “takes a licking and keeps on ticking,” according to its 1950s advertising slogan? 6. LITERATURE: What Southern author often wrote novels set in the fictional “Yoknapatawpha County”? 7. ENTERTAINERS: In what year did actress Grace Kelly become the Princess of Monaco? 8. FOOD & DRINK: What vegetable is used in making sauerkraut? 9. TELEVISION: What was Marge Simpson’s maiden name on the sitcom “The Simpsons”? 10. HISTORY: In what U.S. city was the Democratic National Convention held in 1968?
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• On June 22, 1611, after spending a winter trapped by ice in Hudson Bay, the starving crew of the Discovery mutinies against its captain, English navigator Henry Hudson, and sets him, his teenage son and seven supporters adrift in a small, open boat. Hudson and the eight others were never seen again. • On June 26, 1807, lightning hits a gunpowder factory in the small European country of Luxembourg, killing more than 300 people. When lightning struck the underground fortress, the ammunition housed within ignited on contact, causing a massive explosion. • On June 27, 1829, in Genoa, Italy, English scientist James Smithson dies, leaving a will that decreed the whole of his estate should be used to fund the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The amount was more than $500,000, a fortune at the time. • On June 23, 1927, the Sioux County Pioneer newspaper of North Dakota reports that President Calvin Coolidge will be “adopted” into a Sioux tribe. Coolidge’s public policy toward Indians included the Indian Citizen Act of 1924, which granted automatic U.S. citizenship to all American tribes.
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• On June 27, 1940, during World War II, Germany sets up two-way radio communication employing its most sophisticated coding machine, Enigma, to transmit information. The German military considered its encoding system unbreakable. It was wrong. Allied cryptographers broke the code and intercepted virtually every message sent through the system.
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• On June 25, 1956, the last Packard automobile was produced, marking the end of production at Packard’s Connor Avenue plant in Detroit. Packard continued to manufacture cars in South Bend, Ind., until 1958, but for those familiar with Packard, the last 1956 is considered the last true Packard.
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WEEKLY FUNNIES
By Samantha Weaver
• It was American novelist, actor and politician Gore Vidal who made the following observation: “Today’s public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can’t read them either.” • Saba, an island in the Dutch West Indies, is the only place in the Caribbean whose native population is predominantly blonde. • In Bohemia -- once a country, now a region within the Czech Republic -- it was illegal in the 15th century to sell hops outside the country. In fact, it was considered such a heinous crime that the punishment for violating the law was death. • The very first 9-1-1 emergency call was made on Feb. 16, 1968, in the small town of Haleyville, Ala. It commemorates the event every year with a 9-1-1 festival. • Vinegar will dissolve the shell of a hardboiled egg. • Those who study such things claim that between 10 percent and 20 percent of the Union Army during the Civil War was under the age of 18. Records show that 127 of those soldiers enlisted at the tender age of 13. • Are you a somniloquist? You may be one without realizing it -- just ask your significant other if you’re not sure. He or she should be able to tell you if you have a habit of talking in your sleep. • Much has been made of the epidemic of obesity in the United States. One study of the problem has turned up the following interesting comparison: It seems that the average portion of food served in America is 25 percent larger than that served in France. (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.
Thought for the Day: “Society is like
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-- Edward Abbey
A young boy and his doting grandmother were walking along the sea shore when a huge wave appeared out of nowhere, sweeping the child out to sea. The horrified woman fell to her knees, raised her eyes to the heavens and begged the Lord to return her beloved grandson. And, another wave reared up and deposited the stunned child on the sand. The grandmother looked the boy over carefully. He was fine. But still she stared up angrily toward the heavens. “When we came,” she snapped indignantly, “he had a hat!” A young man wanted to get his beautiful blonde wife something nice for their first wedding anniversary. So he decides to buy her a cell phone. She is all excited - she loves her phone. He shows her and explains to her all the features on the phone. The next day the blonde goes shopping. Her phone rings and it’s her husband. “Hi Hon,” he says. “How do you like your new phone?” She replies, “I just love it. It’s so small and your voice is clear as a bell. There’s one thing I don’t understand though.” “What’s that, baby?” asks the husband. “How did you know I was at Wal-Mart?” During a visit to a mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criterion was that defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalized. “Well,” said the Director, “we fill up a bathtub; then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub.” “Oh, I understand,” said the visitor. “A normal person would use the bucket because it’s bigger than the spoon or the teacup.” “No,” said the Director, “A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want a bed by the wall or near the window?” A mangy looking guy named Harvey goes into a bar and orders a drink. The bartender says, “No way. I don’t think you can pay for it.” Harvey says, “You’re right. I don’t have any money, but if I show you something you haven’t seen before, will you give me a drink?” The bartender says, “Only if what you show me ain’t risque?” “Deal!,” says Harv, and reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a hamster. He puts the hamster on the bar and it runs to the end of the bar, down the bar, across the room, up the piano, jumps on the keyboard and starts playing Gershwin songs. And the hamster is really good. The bartender says, “You’re right. I’ve never seen anything like that before.” Harvey downs the drink and asks the
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bartender for another. “Money or another miracle,” says the bartender. Harv reaches into his coat again and pulls out a frog. He puts the frog on the bar, and the frog starts to sing. He has a marvelous voice and really great pitch. A fine singer. A stranger from the other end of the bar runs over to the guy and offers him $300 for the frog. Harvey says, “It’s a deal.” He takes the three hundred and gives the stranger the frog. The stranger runs out of the bar. The bartender says to Harv, “Are you some kind of nut? You sold a singing frog for $300? It must be worth millions. You must be crazy.” “Not so,” Harvey snickers, “the hamster’s a ventriloquist.” A Florida officer pulled over an eightyyear-old teacher because her hand signals were confusing. “First you put your hand up, like you’re turning right, then you waved your hand up and down, then you turned left,” said the officer. “I decided not to turn right,” she explained. “Then why the up and down?” asked the officer. “Officer,” she sniffed, “I was erasing!” An elementary school class goes on a field trip to the police station. An officer points to the 10 MOST WANTED list and tells them that these are the most wanted fugitives in the USA. A little boy says, “He is the MOST WANTED in the USA?!” The officer says “Yes.” The little Boy asks “Why didn’t you keep him when you took his picture?” A man and his wife are dining at a table in a plush restaurant, and the husband keeps staring at a drunken lady swigging her gin as she sits alone at a nearby table. The wife asks, “Do you know her?” “Yes” sighs the husband. “She’s my ex-wife. She took to drinking right after we divorced seven years ago, and I hear she hasn’t been sober since.” “My goodness!” says the wife. “Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?”
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