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Birthstone: Carnation
Flower: Garnet

2. 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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3. Claptrap Bi Ree
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4. 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
worldwide since its
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5. Nautica Coffee
Mayberry Plaza
Sylvania, Ohio 43560
419.882.2575
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6. A skunk
A raccoon
A rabbit
A squirrel
A woodchuck
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7. 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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8.  Bicycles &
Sporting Goods.
 Furniture.
 Digital frames.
 Carpeting.
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10.  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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11. The Sylvania Advantage
The community voice for the
City of Sylvania and Sylvania Township
419-725-2695
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12. 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!

13. Almond Twiner
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14. 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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15. The word garnet
comes from the Latin
word for pomegranate.
(Garnets were thought
to resemble
pomegranate seeds.)

16. Q What goes up and down
stairs without moving?
A Carpet

17. Reno, Nevada is farther west
than Los Angeles, California
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18. 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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19. Pyecuk Cohk
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21. "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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22. The Kentucky Thoroughblades were a minor
professional ice hockey team in the American
Hockey League, who existed from 1996 to
2001.

23. Q How do Eskimos make their
beds?
A With sheets of ice and
blankets of snow.

24. 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

25. Thanksgiving 2013 www.ad-tractor.com
"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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