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May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons bring the best to you and yours!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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1Leap Year Day Babies born in 1884 had no birthday during their entire teen-age years. Why?
Because 1900 was not a Leap Year.In 1888 they were 4 at 1. In 1892 they were 8 at 2. In 1896 they were 12 at 3. Since 1900 was not
a Leap Year, there were 8 years before they could celebrate again on February 29. So, in 1904
they were 20 at 5. Not one ...
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TODAY'S TRIVIA:
1827 - 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
1908 - Star #46 was added to US flag (for Oklahoma)
1949 - Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president
1956 - Elvis Presley's releases "Heartbreak Hotel"
1974 - "People" magazine begins sales
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
1622 - Rembrandt, Dutch painter
1807 - ...
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Jeans was a blue twilled cotton cloth milled in Geneo, Italy. The French weavers called the town "Genes" - and that's how we got the word "jeans". Blue jeans were invented by Levi Strauss during the Gold Rush of the 1850s. Selling canvas to the miners, he started stitching it into pants. In the 1860s, he replaced the canvas ...
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Bissextile ..... bis-sex-tile. adj. - Of or relating to a lep ...
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2008 is a leap year, with 366 days instead of the usual 365 days. Why?
It was the ancient Egyptians who first figured out that the solar year and the man-made calendar year didn't always match up.
That's because it actually takes the Earth a little longer than a year to travel around the Sun — 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 ...
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Alameda County, CASingle Family under $1M$514,271$490,00076Single Family over $1M$1,701,840$1,380,00079Condo/Townhome under $600K$391,259$389,00077Condo/Townhome over $600K$706,806$675,00070Contra Costa County, CASingle Family under $1M$445,795$400,00090Single Family over $1M$1,779,473$1,388,88895Condo/Townhome under ...
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