Today in History: 13th March

Hello Gentle Reader, lets get lathered up and wash the grime of history from our hair.

1781: The planet Uranus is discovered.

 

1930: Pluto is discovered

 

1996: The Dunblane School Massacre: 16 children and 1 teacher are shot dead by Thomas Hamilton.

2013: Pope Francis is elected 

 

 #pluto #uranus #popefrancis #dunblane #todayinhistory #march13

Top 10 fun facts anout.......Islam

Hey gentle readers, to ensure balance here are my top 10 facts about Islam.

1. The Quran, Islam's most sacred book, means “recitation” in Arabic.

2. Mary is mentioned more in Islam's Quran than in the entire New Testament.

 

3. Islam is the second largest and fastest growing religion in the world.

4. Cats are revered in Islam because the prophet Muhammad loved them.

 

5.  There's a Barbie-like Islamic doll called "Fulla".

6. The country with the largest Islamic population is Indonesia.

 

7.  In Islam, a man may divorce his wife three times, taking her back up after the first two times.

8.  During Islam's Golden Age, scientists were paid the equivalent of what pro athletes are paid today.

9.  There's an empty place next to Muhammad's Tomb, Islam's main Prophet, reserved for Jesus.

10.Some Islamic societies will sentence their citizens to the death penalty if they decide to change their religion from Islam.

Top 10 fun facts about.....The Bible

 

Hello gentle readers, I'm an atheist if you hadn’t guessed already. I guess I became an atheist when I was in my teens and became educated enough to understand that Christianity, or any other religion for that matter, held no answers for me. I do not impose my views on anyone and I respect those who do not impose their views on me.

 

Here though are 10 true facts about the Holy Book of Christianity.

1. The King James version of the Bible has inspired more pop music lyrics than any other book.

 

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2011/51/pop-goes-the-bible.html

2. The bible is the most shoplifted book in the world.

 http://www.amazon.com/Quite-Interesting-Facts-Blow-Socks/dp/0393241033/?tag=factslides-20

 

3. The bible is available in 2,454 languages.

4. Swearing on the bible is not allowed....by the bible.

 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A33-37&version=KJV 

5. There is no physical description of Jesus in the Bible.

   

6. 12% of Americans think Joan of Arc....was Noah's wife.

 

http://www.christianheadlines.com/columnists/al-mohler/the-scandal-of-biblical-illiteracy-its-our-problem-1270946.html   

7. In 1631 a set of King James bibles were recalled and destroyed because of one typo. It stated that the 7th commandment was "Thou shalt commit adultery."

 

 

8. The Bible contains plenty of puns, funny names, humorous imagery, sarcasm and irony.

 http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/economic/friedman/bibhumor.htm

9. In the Bible, God sent two bears to murder 42 children because they had mocked a man for being bald.

 

10.  Possessing Bibles, watching South Korean movies and distributing pornography may be punished with death in North Korea.

 

 

#bible #northkorea #adultery #joanofarc #top10funfacts 

Today in History March 11th

Hello Gentle Reader, its time once again to dip into the tortilla chip of history into the chilli sauce of time.

 

 1702- The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.

 

 1918 – The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.

 

1990- Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union.

 2004: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid Spain, kill 191 people.

 

2011– An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunamikilling thousands of people. This event also triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

 

#sendai #madrid #lithuania #spanishflu #thedailycourant

Top 10 fun facts about Obesity

Hello gentle readers, Since October 2014, which funnily enough is when Lena moved in with me, I have lost over 40kg. I am very proud of this so for my newest blog entry I have, for your entertainment, found 10 fun facts about obesity.

 

Me in June 2014

 

1. More people in the world suffer from obesity than from hunger.

 

2. Mexico is the Fattest country in the world.

 

3. Lack of sleep can cause you to gain about a kilogram in a week.

4. The people of the USA are combined 4 billion pounds overweight.

 

 5. One fifth of all New York Primary school pupils are obese.

 

6. New Zealand will deny you a residency visa if you are obese.

 

7. When you lose weight, most of it is lost as carbon dioxide, the rest is excreted as water.

 

8. To burn off a supersized Big Mac meal, you would have to walk non-stop for 7 hours.

 

9. The average American eats 11.3kg of candy in a year.

 

10. The amount of fat in chicken meat has increased by 266% in the last 40 years.

6th March: Today in History

Hey there  Gentle reader its time to get tucked, taped and gorgeous and throw ourselves into the maelstrom of history.

 

1619: Writer, hero Cyrano de Bergerac is born

 

1836: Davy Crocket (King of the Wild Frontier) is killed at the Alamo.

 

1902: Real Madrid F.C. is founded

 

1964: Boxer Cassius Clay is given the name Muhammad Ali by Elijah Muhammad.

 

1984: A walk out by workers at the Cortonwood Colliery triggers the British Miners strike.

 

#realmadrid #muhammadali #minersstrike1984 #cyranodebergerac  #davycrockett #thealamo #march6 #todayinhistory

Lena's breakfast Syrniki

Hello there gentle readers, its been a while but I hope you will find today's posts worth the wait.

First up here is Lena's recipe for Syrniki.

Ingredients

500 g low fat biezpiens (cottage cheese)
5 table spoons plain flour
2 medium eggs
sugar (you can put in as much as you prefer)

Method
Mix the biezpiens, flour, eggs and sugar  in a bowl until it has blended a bit like pancake batter.
Heat up 1-2 table spoons of oil in a hot pan and using a spoon place 5 or 6 dollops of the batter into the pan. Flatten them down a little bit so they are pancake shaped.
Cook for 2-3 minutes on each side (until brown).

Serve immediately with Jam, sweet or sour cream or anything else you prefer

#syrniki