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Martin of Buffalo,...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/593639"><title /><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/593639</link><description>On This Day:Saturday January 31, 2009This is the 31st day of the year, with 334 days remaining in 2009.Fact of the Day: social security Ida May Fuller's first monthly retirement check, paid on this day in 1940 from the Social Security program, was for $22.54. Ms. Fuller had worked for three years...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/592914"><title /><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/592914</link><description>ednesday January 28, 2009This is the 28th day of the year, with 337 days remaining in 2009.Fact of the Day: pancake The oldest surviving pancake recipe in the English language dates from the 15th century. It describes a thin flat cake of batter, fried on both sides in a pan and usually served...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/591964"><title /><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/591964</link><description>On This Day: Friday January 23, 2009 This is the 23rd day of the year, with 342 days remaining in 2009. Fact of the Day: accident, injury, death The 10 most common causes of injury in the US are: falls, being struck against or by objects or persons, motor vehicle, cutting or piercing,...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/591795"><title /><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/591795</link><description>On This Day: Thursday January 22, 2009 This is the 22nd day of the year, with 343 days remaining in 2009. Fact of the Day: paleography Paleography is the study of ancient and medieval handwriting. The term is derived from the Greek palaios 'old' and graphein 'to write'. Epigraphy, the study of...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/591582"><title /><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/591582</link><description>On This Day: Wednesday January 21, 2009 This is the 21st day of the year, with 344 days remaining in 2009. Fact of the Day: Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year celebration is actually a two-week series of events, beginning with the ascent of the Kitchen God to heaven near the end of the 12th...</description></item><item rdf:about="http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/591446"><title /><link>http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/kingmi1417/591446</link><description>On This Day: Tuesday January 20, 2009 This is the 20th day of the year, with 345 days remaining in 2009. Fact of the Day: acre Old English aecer, now acre, was originally the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day; the Old English term came from Latin ager 'fertile field' and this...</description></item></rdf:RDF>