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Bizarre Fact #111:
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The mythical figure Father Time carries an hourglass and a scythe. Bizarre Fact #112:
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The mythical Scottish town of Brigadoon appears for one day every 100 years. Bizarre Fact #113:
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The name of the legendary Lady Godiva's horse - Aethenoth Bizarre Fact #114:
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The reason one wears a wedding ring on the third finger is that (tradition says) there is supposed to be a vein which goes directly from that finger to the heart—i.e., the seat of love. Also, not everyone wears that wedding ring on the third finger of the LEFT hand. In some traditions, such as the Jewish one, it is worn on the right hand. Also, I'm given to understand that nuns ("brides of Christ") wear a wedding ring, again on the right hand. Bizarre Fact #115:
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The seven deadly sins (sins serious enough to kill one's soul) are currently anger, envy, pride, sloth, lust, gluttony, and covetousness. They haven't always been so, however. Originally, there were eight deadly sins (as proposed by Avagrius of Pontus). The eight (in order of increasing severity) were gluttony, lust, avarice, sadness, anger, apathy, vainglory, and pride. Gregory the Great later decided that vainglory and pride were too much alike to be counted separately and combined them. He added envy. Later still, the Roman Catholic Church decided sadness wasn't a sin, and added sloth. Somewhere along the way, apathy was dropped as well. Bizarre Fact #116:
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The Sphinx at Giza in Egypt is 240 feet long and carved out of limestone. Built by Pharaoh Khafre to guard the way to his pyramid, it has a lion's body and the ruler's head. Bizarre Fact #117:
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The Vikings also thought the spirits of the murdered person would guide and guard the craft. Bizarre Fact #118:
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The Vikings believed that the Northern lights which are seen from time to time in the north sky were caused by the flashing armor and spears of Odin's handmaidens as they rode out to collect warriors slain in battle. Bizarre Fact #119:
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To prevent evil spirits from entering the bodies of their male children, parents dressed them in blue. Blue was chosen because it's the color of the sky and was therefore associated with heavenly spirits. Bizarre Fact #120:
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Trivia is the Roman goddess of sorcery, hounds and the crossroads.
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