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JimH
 
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On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 19:16:04 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT com
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On 15 April 1912 the SS Titanic sunk on her maiden voyage and over 1,500
people died. Fourteen years earlier a novel was published by Morgan
Robertson which seemed to foretell the disaster. The book described a ship
the same size as the Titanic which crashes into an iceberg on its maiden
voyage on a misty April night. The name of Robertson's fictional ship was
the Titan.


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I was born on the same day, 32 years later.

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Abraham Lincoln died on the same day.

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It's the famous Income Tax Day! Yay!!

--
John H.

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes


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No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.

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The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

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On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year.

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The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver".

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