6 posts tagged “fact of the week”
Fact of the Week
Edgar Allan Poe And Alcohol
Edgar
Allan Poe, American poet, was seventeen years old when accepted into
Virginia University. First year he managed to gamble all his
scholarship money. It was also reported that Edgar owed around $2500 to
local gamblers. Gambling addiction led to alcoholism, which is still
debated by many Poe's followers. However, it was reported by school
systems that Edgar showed up in class drunk even during the
examinations. The interesting fact is that Edgar Allan Poe finished
with highest grades in his class and became best student of his
generation.
Fact of the Week
2012 Interesting Facts
2012
is expected to be year of great positive change. It is not the end of
the world! Back in 1899 something was identified called Schumann Cavity
Resonance. It is the heart beat or frequency of the Earth. Since its
discovery till 1986 this heart beat frequency was constant 7.8 Hertz
per second. From 1986 it started to raise dramatically and in 1998 it
was reported to be 10 hertz per second. On other hand magnetics of the
earth are dropping dramatically and it is expected they will reach zero
point in 2012. Maya calendar and other calendars end in 2012, but it is
not the end of the world just beginning of the new one since every
26000 years Earth goes through grand cycle of evolution.
Fact of the Week
Maya Predicts our Future
Maya
people were masters of mathematics and calendars and they were keeping
track of time using three separate calendars. For predictions about the
beginning and end of the “world” they used “Long Count” calender. And
on December 21st 2012, the Long Count will be at the point zero which
Maya predicts as the end of time and beginning of the new world. The
Mayas were very accurate in their predictions and they predicted
invasions on their soil and the World Wars.
Fact of the Week
Is This the Last Pope?
St.
Malachy, (d. 1148) Irish Bishop and Seer, produced an accurate list of
future popes which began with Pope Celestine II in the year 1143.
The prophecy is concerned with the succession of the Popes and there
will be one more Pope after the current Pope Benedict XVI according to
the prophecies of St. Malachy.
Fact of the Week
Testis or Testify?
The
word "testis" cames from the Latin meaning to bear witness. In ancient
Rome, only men could bear witness or testify in a public forum. In
order to show importance to their testimony, they would hold their
testicles as they spoke, and an oath was declared while holding
another's testicles.
Fact of the Week
Albert Einstein Facts
Einstein
declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to
him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in
1952, was named in honor of Albert Einstein. Picture of Einstein
sticking his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday by annoying press
photographer Arthur Sasse. Albert loved the photo so much that he cut
his image out and send it to all his friends.
