In ancient Rome, a popular form of entertainment was gladiator fights. If you’ve seen the movie Gladiator, you have an idea of what they were like: violent, cruel, and often ended in people’s death – all just for entertainment. Gladiator games obviously are no longer going on in Rome....
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of the popular Cosmos show, spent Christmas morning on Twitter, mocking Christians: On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642 — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) December 25, 2014 Merry Christmas...
A few noteworthy facts: * 64 of the world’s 196 countries (or 32.7%) have religious symbols on their flags * 48% of the flags with religious symbols have Christian symbols * 33% of the flags with religious symbols have Islamic symbols * Only one country in the world has a Jewish symbol:...
The character Santa Claus is roughly based on the real person St. Nicholas, a 4th century bishop in modern-day Turkey. While Santa Claus has a team of elves who make gifts which he then delivers to children around the world with the help of magical flying reindeer, St. Nicholas is...
