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January 20 is the Feast Day of St. Sebastian according to the Catholic calendar of saints.

St. Sebastian, according to legend, was a Christian martyr who was executed for his faith in the 3rd century. Little precise biographical information is extant, and some critics believe the legend of Sebastian is a conglomeration of various stories of Christians persecuted by the Romans during the 2nd and 3rd centuries.

St Sebastian is often depicted in art as a young man or boy, tied to a tree and pierced by several arrows. However, the earliest representations of St. Sebastian actually depict an older man sans any arrows or other martyrological iconography. How the depiction of St. Sebastion evolved into its current, popular form is unknown. Some contemporary critics have speculated that the iconography of the young St. Sebastian may have homosexual connotations to it, but such interpretations lack any valid supporting evidence from historical sources.

William Harrison, our 1840 president, gave his inaugural address in the snow without wearing a hat, gloves or coat, got pneumonia, and died a month later. Shortest presidency in our history.
-From Uncle John's Bathroom Reader

~DIE THREAD DIE!! !~


sixth Commandment is: Thou shall not kill.

It is a fact that neither Cade nor I will let Kevv kill this thread.

~HOW COME~PLEASE LET ME~

Alpha Ursae Minoris-Polaris (North Star)
Is a supergiant some 430 light-years away.

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The qwerty keyboard layout was planned to deliberately slow the typist down. This is to stop traditional mechanical typewriters jamming up.

This is why Random needs to be able delete when well this get fixed Feb. 01, 2006.

It is a fact that if this thread dies, I will have way too much free time on my hands.

In the Chinese Calader it is the Year of the Dog

Kevv729 was born in the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinese calendar.

Cat's brains are the size of walnuts - which explains a lot!

Alex is Clay Aiken's brother. That a proven fact.

More national flags have at least red, white, and blue as one of the basic colors in their flag.

Mozart had a very crude sense of humour and once wrote an aria with the words 'Lick Out My Ar****ole'

Needless to say it is rarely performed.

Alpha Centauri-Rigil Kentaurus is only a merely 4.4 light-years distance from Sol System, though it is not the nearest. Proxima Centauri (the nearest star of the Centauri) is the nearest star 4.249 light-years. We are not sure Proxima Centauri is linked by gravity to Alpha Centauri. Proxima Centrauri a red dwarf.

Freud smoked cigars for most of his life; even after having his jaw removed due to malignancy, he continued to smoke until his death on September 23, 1939. He smoked an entire box of cigars daily. After contracting cancer of the mouth, he underwent over 30 operations to treat the disease; In the end, Freud could no longer tolerate the pain associated with his cancer. He requested that his personal physician visit him at his London home. Freud's death was by a physician-assisted morphine overdose.
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