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The day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will
disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire,
and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since
everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people
ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives.
--2 Peter 3:10-11

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TRIVIA:

During Ronald Reagan's presidency, the White House purchased
12 tons of jelly beans.

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Papaya leaves and unripe papaya have an enzyme called papain
that breaks down protein in meat to make it tender. That's
why papaya can be used as a meat tenderizer.

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An ant can survive for up to two weeks underwater.


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Extra Toes

The favorite horses of both Alexander the Great (Bucephalos)
and Julius Caesar both had atavistic mutations- extra toes.
Horses normally have only one toe per foot, but are descended
from horses with three or four toes on each limb.

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Closest Star

Proxima Centauri is the closest star to Earth (outside our
solar system), but it is too small to be seen without a
telescope.

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Leaning Tower of Pisa

In 1931, an industrialist named Robert Ilg built a half-size
replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa outside Chicago and
lived in it for several years. The tower is still there.






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While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside
restaurant for lunch. After finishing their meal, they left the
restaurant and resumed their trip. When leaving, the elderly
woman unknowingly left her glasses on the table, and she
didn't miss them until after they had been driving about
twenty minutes.

By then, to add to the aggravation, they had to travel quite
a distance before they could find a place to turn around in
order to return to the restaurant to retrieve her glasses. All
the way back, the elderly husband became the classic grouchy
old man. He fussed and complained and scolded his wife
relentlessly during the entire return drive. The more he
chided her, the more agitated he became. He just wouldn't
let up for one minute.

To her relief, they finally arrived at the restaurant. And as
the woman got out of the car and hurried inside to retrieve
her glasses, the old geezer yelled to her ........"While you're
in there, you might as well get my hat and credit card.."









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Pythagorean theorem : 24 Words

The Lord's Prayer : 66 Words

Archimedes' Principle : 67 Words

The 10 Commandments : 179 Words

The Gettysburg Address : 286 Words

The Declaration of Independence : 1,300 Words

The U. S. Government regulations on the sale of cabbage : 26,911 Words









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Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment;
trust in money and you may have it taken from you;
but trust in God, and you are never to be confounded
in time or eternity. - D.L. Moody




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--Martin Luther -

Born: November 10, 1483
Died: February 18, 1546

Protestant reformer. Martin Luther was the first and greatest
figure in the 16th-century Reformation. A composer of
commentaries on Scripture, theology, and ecclesiastical
abuses, a hymnologist, and a preacher, from his own time to
the present he has been a symbol of Protestantism. In 1505,
he made a decision that changed the course of his life
radically: he decided to enter the Augustinian monastery in
Erfurt. This decision shaped the rest of his life, and his
search for a merciful God and His Will culminated in the
development of the Reformation of the Church. Luther's negative
personal experiences with the ecclesiastical means of grace
resulted in not only increasing criticism of the deplorable
state of affairs within the church but above all to a
fundamental reconsideration of medieval theology.

The most important and influential event since Biblical times
to the present occurred when Luther stood before the Pope
(the most powerful man in the world at that time - when he
spoke, kings trembled) and stated after being told to recant
his teachings/views, "Here I stand - I can do no other."
This event were more consequential and changed the course
of history more than the invention of the printing press, the
discovery/use of the A-Bomb, or either World War (as
important as these events were)!!! - Howdy http://xrl.us/dyt2








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"Madonna said today that we should pull all of our troops
out of Iraq. Donald Rumsfeld said, 'No, I think we better
wait and hear what Britney Spears has to say about it
first.'" --Jay Leno





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Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain
whales to me.







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A Thanksgiving Hymn


"Have you cut the wheat in the blowing fields,
The barley, the oats and rye,
The golden corn and the pearly rice?
For the winter days are nigh."
"We have reaped them all from shore to shore,
And the grain is safe on the threshing floor."

"Have you gathered the berries from the vine
And the fruits from the orchard trees,
The dew and the scent from the roses and thyme
In the hive of the honey-bees?"
"The peach and the plum and the apple are ours,
And the honey-comb from the scented flowers."

"The wealth of the snowy cotton-field
And the gift of the sugar-cane,
The savory herb and nourishing root -
There has nothing been given in vain,
We have gathered the harvest from shore to shore,
And the measure is full and running o’er."

Then lift up the head with a song!
And lift up the hands with a gift!
To the ancient giver of all
The spirit of gratitude lift!
For the joy and promise of Spring,
For the hay and clover sweet,
The barley, the rye, and the oats,
The rice and the corn and the wheat,
The cotton and sugar and fruit,
The flowers and the fine honeycomb,
The country, so fair and so free,
The blessing and the glory of home,
"Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!"
Joyfully, gratefully call,
"To God, the preserver of men,"
The bountiful Father of all."







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George Washington Carver looked to the Creator for wisdom.
Overcoming huge obstacles, he changed the face of agriculture.
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At a beach, sea kisses fine sand and the bare feet seal a story. The outcome (the footprints) looks grand. Thus nature creates the metaphors that are incredible rich with insights into the mystery of our inner world that shape everything we see.
There is just one problem. We can either enjoy the art of prints we left, or move further by leaving the beauty of our marks on sand to other. The painter can either paint or involve himself in collecting what others say about his work. Such way we become either the stars or just the people in awe towards the magical heaven.
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The author Edgar Rice Burroughs used to own a ranch near Hollywood in
southern California, where he wrote his famous stories about Tarzan
of the Apes. In 1928, the town surrounding his ranch was officially
incorporated and chose for itself the name Burroughs had given his
ranch: Tarzana.

Burroughs was a prolific author with a profoundly creative
imagination. His first published story, originally titled "Dejah
Thoris, Princess of Mars," was published as "Under The Moons of Mars"
in 1912. His first Tarzan story appeared in October the same year.

In addition to 26 books about Tarzan and numerous science fiction
stories set on Mars or Venus, Burroughs also wrote caveman stories,
westerns, horror stories, and others that are harder to classify.
The town of Tarzana is a fitting memorial to this man who so enriched
American popular literature.

Tarzan's official web site:
http://www.tarzan.org/
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