Important Questions
There was a student that had a chance to learn the sport of skydiving. After having been instructed by his teacher, he jumped out and forgot how to release his shoot. As he was falling rapidly towards earth, he suddenly saw a man shooting up towards him and as the man passed by, the student yelled! "Do you know how to operate a parachute?" The man passing by him answered, "NO! But do you know anything about a gas heater?"

Beggar
To exhaust the resources or ability; to defy

Bowling
Bowling was first played in Italy.

True False

Back in the day, today...
1790: 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process
1809: 1st practical US railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila
1813: British invade Plattsburgh, NY
1912: US government prohibits movies & photos of prize fights (censorship)
1922: 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world's 1st water skis (Minn)
1925: Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England
1948: Pres Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (Kennedy Airport), NY
1949: Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman
1964: Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor
1964: US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon
1973: ABA Virginia Squires trade Julius Erving to the NY Nets
1978: Gunman shoots his way into the Iraqi Embassy in Paris
1984: US men's gymnastics team won team gold medal at LA Summer Olympics

Did You Know?
The human hand contains an average of 1,300 nerve endings per square inch.

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