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Birthstone: Carnation

Flower: Garnet

Oscar the Grouch used to be orange. Jim Henson decided to make him green before the second season of Sesame Street.

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The birthday of

Frenchman William

Braille, after whom this

tactile code is named,

doubles as a

celebration of his

groundbreaking system

which has provided

greater equal

opportunities for the

visually impaired

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Nautica Coffee

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A skunk

A raccoon

A rabbit

A squirrel

A woodchuck

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Grab your balloons and sweaters! It’s time to build up your static charge and conduct some electrons. This is the perfect holiday to occur in the dead of winter, when the air is extra dry – the optimal conditions for storing up those negative charges that shock you at the most unexpected times

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Bicycles & Sporting Goods.

Furniture.

Digital frames.

Carpeting.

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Dr. King is noted for his work on civil rights and equality for all people.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal holiday marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year.

It took 15 years to create the federal holiday. Legislation was first introduced for a commemorative holiday four days after King was assassinated in 1968. Finally, President Ronald Regan signed it into law on Nov. 2, 1983.

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The Sylvania Advantage

The community voice for the

City of Sylvania and Sylvania Township

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Scott Wade has a site

called DirtyCarArt.com,

where he catalogs his

collection of dirty pictures.

But they aren’t what you’re

thinking. These dirty

pictures are actually works

of art that Scott has created

on the backs of dirty cars.

He takes “wash me” to a

whole new level!

Almond Twiner

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On this day in 1779, British lexicographer Peter Mark Roget was born. He is most famous for publishing The Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (aka “Roget’s Thesaurus”) in 1852. This holiday is a day to honor, celebrate, extol, laud, praise, revere, or salute his contributions.

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The word garnet comes from the Latin word for pomegranate. (Garnets were thought to resemble pomegranate seeds.)

Q What goes up and down

stairs without moving?

A Carpet

Reno, Nevada is farther west than Los Angeles, California

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Most common resolutions, per usa.Gov:

1. Drink less alcohol

2. Eat healthy food

3. Get a better education

4. Get a better job

5. Get fit

6. Lose weight

7. Manage debt

8. Manage stress

9. Quit smoking

10. Reduce, reuse, & recycle

11. Save money

12. Take a trip

13. Volunteer

14. Help others

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"Most time is wasted, not in

hours, but in minutes. A

bucket with a small hole in

the bottom gets just as

empty as a bucket that is

deliberately kicked over."

Paul J. Meyer

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The Kentucky Thoroughblades were a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, who existed from 1996 to 2001.

Q How do Eskimos make their

beds?

A With sheets of ice and

blankets of snow.

Also called an Obelisk. The Double Dagger or Diesis, represents a javelin, which is cutting out extraneous stuff from your text.

Its primary use through the ages has been to mark out superfluous repetitions in translation, though nowadays it mostly just stands in as a kind of footnote.

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The Dagger

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"a mixture of tomato juice and beer, a drink associated with Saskatchewan or Calgary, Alberta, and the surrounding area."

Saskatchewan Red Eye

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