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| February 23rd, 1991
On this day in 1991: NC is 1st NCAA basketball team to win 1,500 games
| Sports Facts |
| Gregory Bateson
Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.
| Philosophy |
| A child goes to his father and...
A child goes to his father and asks, "Father, how do parents think of names for their children?" The father answers, "Well, son, the night before the mother gives birth, the father goes into the woods and camps for the night. When he wakes the following morning, ...
| Humor |
| Isaiah 26:3
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
| Bible |
| February 22nd, 1959
On this day in 1959: 1st Daytona 500: Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH)
| Sports Facts |
| Kenneth R. Miller
We don't regard any scientific theory as the absolute truth.
| Philosophy |
| I want to die peacefully in my...
I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
| Humor |
| Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
| Bible |
| February 21st, 1979
On this day in 1979: 2 Iowa girls HS basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters game was won 4-2 in 4th overtime period
| Sports Facts |
| Margaret Mead
Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess.
| Philosophy |
| Why did I get divorced? Well, last...
Why did I get divorced? Well, last week was my birthday. My wife didn't wish me a happy birthday. My parents forgot and so did my kids. I went to work and even my colleagues didn't wish me a happy birthday. As I entered my office, my secretary said, "Happy ...
| Humor |
| 1 Timothy 2:1-15
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it ...
| Bible |
| February 20th, 1953
On this day in 1953: US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
| Sports Facts |
| Marcus Aurelius
Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.
| Philosophy |
| There is an overweight guy who is...
There is an overweight guy who is watching TV. A commercial comes on for a guaranteed weight loss of 10 pounds in a week. So the guy, thinking what the hell, signs up for it. Next morning an incredibly beautiful woman is standing at his door in nothing but ...
| Humor |
| 2 Timothy 1:7
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
| Bible |
| February 19th, 1942
On this day in 1942: NY Yankees annouce 5,000 uniformed soldiers admitted free at each of their upcoming home games
| Sports Facts |
| Mark Russell
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
| Philosophy |
| Why do Jewish mothers...
Q: Why do Jewish mothers make great parole officers?
A: They never let anyone finish a sentence!
| Humor |
| John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
| Bible |
| February 18th, 1995
On this day in 1995: Angela Kennedy swims world record 100m butterfly
| Sports Facts |
| Francis Bacon
If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics.
| Philosophy |
| A little girl and her older brother...
A little girl and her older brother were visiting their grandfather's farm. The older brother decided to play a trick on his younger sister. He told her that he discovered a man-eating chicken. The girl was frightened, and ran inside in fear. Then the older ...
| Humor |
| Luke 17:1-37
And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were cast into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones ...
| Bible |
| February 17th, 1955
On this day in 1955: Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257
| Sports Facts |