Category: Omnibit

Yes, there is a Saint Lucifer. Well, maybe. The status is debated. Lucifer was the name of the bishop of Cagliari from 353 -370 and the Sardinians venerate him as a saint. Some, however, argue his holy deeds were done by another Lucifer who was martyred by the Vandals.

Lucifer appears to have been a fairly common name among courageous Christians of the late Roman Empire. The first bishop of Siena (306) was also named Lucifer.

And Lucifer never was the name for the Devil. It started as the name for the planet Venus and is used to denote the state from which Satan has fallen.

Saint Lucifer William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 10-19-17

St. Lucifer William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 10-19-17

A bald eagle nest weighs more than a ton.

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 10-18-17

Knights Templar recruits were subject to a secret test to prove their sincerity. It has never been learned what it was. It got them in trouble.

Knights Templar recruits William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 10-17-17

If white reflects all colors why are not mirrors white?

Because “white” objects don’t reflect but scatter.

The objects we see as white are rough and absorb the light waves. They bounce around a bit beneath the surface via material that acts as prisms then comes back to your eyes. If snow, sugar, clouds and painted walls were perfectly smooth then they would reflect the light back as do mirrors.

Why are not mirrors white? William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 10-16-17

In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni (“we go wandering at night and are consumed by fire”) is a Latin palindrome.

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 10-14-17

Samurai overrated? Yep. Inigo Montoya would have carved one up easier than he did Count Rugen. In 1582, a series of battles between 40 Spanish soldiers and a thousand samurai and assorted allies was a decisive victory for Spain.

Samurai overrated William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 10-13-17

Pensacola, Fla. was the first settlement in what is now the United States, however it was blown away in a hurricane on Sept. 19, 1559.

By the time a real settlement was established and survived, St. Augustine was all ready established as the first city. Apparently Robert James, hurricanes do not hit that area as often as Pensacola.

For what it’s worth, the original name for the place was Santa María de Ochuse.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 10-11-17

Pensacola

 

Tom Dula was a mustered-out Confederate soldier who was hanged for the 1866 murder of Laura Foster in North Carolina. He had escaped to Tennessee but a man named Grayson turned him in. In the accent of the region Dula comes out as Dooley. Poor boy.

William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 10-9-17

Tom Dula

 

Progressive hero W.E.B. Du Bois liked Nazis. He put swastikas on the cover of a magazine he edited.

Du Bois liked Nazis William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 10-10-17

Sorry Columbus, John Cabot discovered North America –for good, we mean — in 1497. He was an Italian working for the English.

So why is it called America? Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian working for Spain, discovered the South American mainland about the same time. The map makers figured it was all one great big place and Amerigo got better press.

John Cabot discovered North America William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 10-12-17