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There once was a man and a woman who had been married for more than 60 years. They talked about everything. They kept no secrets from each other… except that the old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she cautioned her husband never to …

(01) Money isn't made out of paper. It's made out of cotton.

(02) The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickle the company once had.

(03) A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

(04) Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, or it will digest itself.

(05) The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. For those of you who don't know what hemp is....

(06) The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle. and now you know...

By Roger Dean Kiser

This was the last litter of puppies we were going to allow our Cocker Spaniel to have. It had been a very long night for me. Precious, our only black cocker, was having a very difficult time with the delivery of her puppies.

I laid on the floor beside her large four-foot square cage, watching her every movement. Watching and waiting just in case we had to rush her to the veterinarian.

The following is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by a 96 year-old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times.—————————- To whom it may concern, I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which …

-- By Napoleon Hill, from "Think and Grow Rich," the best-selling book responsible for helping to create an estimated One Million Millionaires!

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During the waning years of the depression in a small Idaho community, I used to stop by Mr. Miller's roadside stand for farm fresh produce as the season made it available. Food and money were still extremely scarce and bartering was used extensively.

One day Mr. Miller was bagging some early potatoes for me. I noticed a small boy, delicate of bone and feature, ragged but clean, hungrily appraising a basket of freshly picked green peas.

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I believe...

We don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

No matter how good friends are, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

True friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

You can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

It is taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.