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Celebrities
Born Today:
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Barack Obama (1961)
Roger Clemens (1962)
Jeff Gordon (1971)
Louis Armstrong (1901)
Queen Elizabeth (1900)
Richard Belzer (1944)
Daniel Dae Kim (1968)
Cole Sprouse (1992)
Dylan Sprouse (1992)
Louis Vuitton (1821)
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August
4th Trivia
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In 1977, the U.S. Department of Energy is established.
1892- Lizzie Borden's parents are axed to the death. Lizzie
was tried and acquitted of the crime.
The first issue of the Saturday Evening Post was released
in 1821.
August 4th is Coast Guard Day. The Revenue Cutter Service,
formed on this date in 1790 later merged with the Life Saving
Service (1915) to become the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Things
Said On Family Fued:
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► A jacket potato topping - Jam
► A famous Scotsman - Jock
► Another famous Scotsman - Vinnie Jones
► Something with a hole in it - Window
► A non living object with legs - Plant
► A domestic animal - Leopard
► A part of the body beginning with 'N' - Knee
► A way of cooking fish - Cod
► Something you open other than a door - Your Bowels |
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August
4th's Joke:
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I was working in a scrap yard in Southern England during
summer vacation at engineering university. I used to work
repairing construction equipment.
One afternoon, I was taking apart a piling hammer that had
some very large bolts holding it together. One of the nuts
had corroded on to the bolt; to free it I started heating
the nut with an oxy-acetylene torch.
As I was doing this, one of the dimmest apprentices I have
ever known came along. He asked me what I was doing. I patiently
explained that if I heated the nut it would grow larger and
release its grip on the bolt so I could then remove it.
"So things get larger when they get hot, do they?"
he asked.
Suddenly, an idea flashed into my mind (I know not from where.)
"Yes," I said, "that's why days are longer
in summer and shorter in winter."
There was a long pause, then his face cleared.
"You know, I always wondered about that," he said.
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Heard
in Summer School...
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"What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to
lead this country than one born by C-section?" |
