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Index of Weeks 625 thru 650
Week of 03/14/10 - 03/20/10 Week of 03/21/10 - 03/27/10 Week of 03/28/10 - 04/03/10
Week of 04/04/10 - 04/10/10 Week of 04/11/10 - 04/17/10 Week of 04/18/10 - 04/24/10
Week of 04/25/10 - 05/01/10 Week of 05/02/10 - 05/08/10 Week of 05/09/10 - 05/15/10
Week of 05/16/10 - 05/22/10 Week of 05/23/10 - 05/29/10 Week of 05/30/10 - 06/05/10
Week of 06/06/10 - 06/12/10 Week of 06/13/10 - 06/19/10 Week of 06/20/10 - 06/26/10
Week of 06/27/10 - 07/03/10 Week of 07/04/10 - 07/10/10 Week of 07/11/10 - 07/17/10
Week of 07/18/10 - 07/24/10 Week of 07/25/10 - 07/31/10 Week of 08/01/10 - 08/07/10
Week of 08/08/10 - 08/14/10 Week of 08/15/10 - 08/21/10 Week of 08/22/10 - 08/28/10
Week of 08/29/10 - 09/04/10 Week of 09/05/10 - 09/11/10
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Week of 03/14/10 - 03/20/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

"Internet" is actually a short form of "international network"



Do bleached blondes pretend to have more fun?


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Week of 03/21/10 - 03/27/10

Old Wives Tale

Horses

Grey horses and horses with four white socks are unlucky



Didja Know?

Tattoos have been found on mummies



What do people in China call their good plates?


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Week of 03/28/10 - 04/03/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

Only 55% of all Americans know that the sun is a star



Consciousness: that annoying time between naps


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Week of 04/04/10 - 04/10/10

Old Wives Tale

Talking

If your cheeks suddenly feel on fire, someone is talking about you.



Didja Know?

There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones



We are Microsoft. Resistance Is Futile. You Will Be Assimilated.


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Week of 04/11/10 - 04/17/10

Old Wives Tale

Wishes

A wish made on the first robin of spring will be granted



Didja Know?

Pumice is the only rock that will float.



Whatever happened to Absorbine Senior?


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Week of 04/18/10 - 04/24/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

Thomas Edison invented the talking doll in 1888



Success always occurs in private, and failure in full public view.


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Week of 04/25/10 - 05/01/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

It takes only about 13 hours to build a Toyota...and six months to build a Rolls Royce



There is no time like the present to procrastinate


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Week of 05/02/10 - 05/08/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

Charles Lindbergh's first passenger in the Spirit of St Louis was Henry Ford



When all else fails, read the instructions


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Week of 05/09/10 - 05/15/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

The Bible is the most shoplifted book in the United States



No sense being pessimistic... it wouldn't work anyway


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Week of 05/16/10 - 05/22/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

Pain travels through the human body at 350 feet per second



Clones are people two


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Week of 05/23/10 - 05/29/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

The average adult giraffe has a 17" long blue tongue



The bigger they are, the harder they hit


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Week of 05/30/10 - 06/05/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

It takes up to four hours to hard boil an ostrich egg



The cream rises to the top. So does the scum


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Week of 06/06/10 - 06/12/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

The longest word that can be typed with only one hand is "stewardesses"



A shortcut is the longest distance between two points


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Week of 06/13/10 - 06/19/10

Old Wives Tale

Fidelity

A swan feather sewn onto a husband's pillow will make him faithful to his wife



Didja Know?

There are over 5000 languages in the world



When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?


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Week of 06/20/10 - 06/26/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

Dirty snow melts faster than clean snow



Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship


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Week of 06/27/10 - 07/03/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

Porcupines have more than 30,000 quills



If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining


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Week of 07/04/10 - 07/10/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

Your body has 45 miles of nerves



How is it one careless match can start a forest fire,
but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?


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Week of 07/11/10 - 07/17/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

The opposite sides of a dice cube add up to 7



A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it


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Week of 07/18/10 - 07/24/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

Less than half of Americans know the Sun is a star



I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks


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Week of 07/25/10 - 07/31/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

The Empire State Building has more than 10 million bricks



I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you


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Week of 08/01/10 - 08/07/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

A teaspoon holds 120 drops of water



The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!


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Week of 08/08/10 - 08/14/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

The smallest spider is half the size of the period at the end of this sentence.



You might as well laugh at your problems, everybody else does


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Week of 08/15/10 - 08/21/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

One third of all fresh water on earth is in Canada



I always take life with a grain of salt...
plus a slice of lemon...
and a shot of tequila


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Week of 08/22/10 - 08/28/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

Disney animators drew nearly 6.5 million black spots for the 101 Dalmations movie



You're never too old to learn something stupid


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Week of 08/29/10 - 09/04/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

New freckles usually stop appearing after about age 19 - 20



A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist


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Week of 09/05/10 - 09/11/10

Old Wives Tale

None

We're out of old wives tales so there will be none listed this week.



Didja Know?

Your brain weighs about three pounds
all but 10 ounces is water



A TV can insult your intelligence,
but nothing rubs it in like a computer.




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