Yeah, it’s weird … that’s life

Wed., Feb. 1, 2006

Samantha Weaver King Features Syndicate

•Three out of every four tornado touchdowns in the world occur in the United States.

•The French are well known for their knowledge in matters of the heart. It shouldn’t be surprising, then, that the proverb “Try to reason about love and you will lose your reason” is attributed to the French.

•Florida’s state song, “The Swanee River (Old Folks at Home),” was written by Stephen Foster, despite the fact that he never actually visited the Suwannee River.

Thought for the Day: “I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.” — Umberto Eco

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