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February
3rd Celebrity Birthdays
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Ryne Sanborn (1989)
Isla Fisher (1976)
Joey Bishop (1918)
Victor Buono (1938 - 1982)
Warwick Davis (1970)
Pretty Boy Floyd (1904)
Maura Tierney (1965)
Nathan Lane (1956)
Blythe Danner (1943)
Morgan Fairchild (1950)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Elisa Donovan (1971 - PCM
Interview) |
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February
3rd's Travel Agent Humor
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- I had someone ask for an
aisle seat so that his or her hair wouldn't get messed up
by being near the window.
- A client called in inquiring about a package to Hawaii.
After going over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be
cheaper to fly to California and then take the train to Hawaii?"
- I got a call from a man who asked, "Is it possible to see
England from Canada?" I said, "No." He said "But they look
so close on the map." |
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February
3rd's Fun Fact
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Folklorist Richard Dorson
invented thefollowing words:
"Fakelore" - "a synthetic product claiming
to be authentic oral tradition but actually tailored for mass
edification" (1950) and
"Urban Legend," originally called "city tales"
in the 1940s. (1968) |
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February
3rd's Other Fun Facts
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► The first paper money in America was issued today,
in the Colony of Massachusettes in 1690
► The Day The Music Died: RIP Big Bopper, Buddy Holly,
Ritchie Valens and Pilot Roger Peterson crashed in an Iowa
cornfield.
► In 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified in the
US, granting every citizen, regardless of race, the right
to vote
► The coldest weather ever recorded in the North America
was at Snag, Yukon in 1947
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