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Fun & Facts for February 23, 2012

  • World History

    World History

    1997 – Schindler’s List was the first movie shown on television without interruption

    1955 – First Council Meeting of Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)

    1954 – Children Receive first Polio Vaccine

    1917 – Germans begin withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line to strengthen their defense on the Western Front in WWI

    1893 – Diesel engine is patented

    1861 – President Lincoln survives assassination attempt

  • Atlantic Canadian History

    Atlantic Canadian History

  • Notable Quotes

    Notable Quotes

    “He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own."

    – Aesop

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    Q: What do you call a laughing motorcycle?

    A: A Yamahahaha

  • Science Facts

    Science Facts

    There are some kinds of bamboo that grow 35 inches in one day!

  • Celebrity Birthdays

    Celebrity Birthdays

    1994 Dakota Fanning

    1977 James Blunt

    1939 Peter Fonda

 

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