Category: Omnibit

The Vikings practiced human sacrifice. They really weren’t nice people.

Vikings practiced human sacrifice — William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-29-16

Romans used urine as mouthwash. Really. They also used to wash their togas. It made them really white, supposedly.

Urine as mouthwash — William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 3-28-16

What in the United States is generally called Holy Saturday is called Saturday of Light by Coptic Christians and Black Saturday in the Phillippines.

It commemorates the day that Jesus Christ’s body lay in the tomb and the Harrowing of Hell in which the Lord descended into Hell and brought salvation to all of the righteous who had died since the beginning of the world.

Holy Saturday William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-26-16

So why do they call the day commemorating Christ’s Crucifixion “good”? Nobody’s sure. It most likely comes from German either as Gottes Freitag i.e. God’s Friday or Gute Freitag i.e. Good Friday with “good” being used synonymously with “holy.”

For what it’s worth, the Germans today call it Karfreitag or Mourning Friday.

Gottes Freitag William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-25-16

Maundy — as in Maundy Thursday — comes from the Latin mandatum. This is the first word of the phrase “Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos.” It means A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you which is how Jesus in  John 13:34 explained to the Apostles the significance of his washing their feet the night before His crucifixion.

Maundy Thursday — William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-24-16

It was not the Gay 90s in which the penny-farthing bicycle ruled but the 1870s and 1880s. The tall-wheeled vehicle was invented in 1869. It’s production ended in 1893 having supplanted by the modern “safety-bicycle” invented five years earlier.

Penny-farthing William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-23-16

How many Australians does it take to change a light bulb?

Just one, but he has to be a licensed electrician. At least in the state of Victoria.

Change a light bulb –William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-22-16

You lost the end of the Scotch tape and are going nuts trying to find it? Remember to stick a paper clip (or toothpick or matchstick) to it next time. No more problem. This works with duct tape too.

Scotch tape — William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 3-21-16

Spring has sprung. The cheerful robins have returned. Old English legend has it that “this pious bird with the scarlet breast” tenderly picked a thorn from the crown of Christ. As the merciful bird flew off a drop of blood fell dying the bird’s breast red.

Pious bird –William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-20-16

Time travel is banned in China. OK, what this really means is that movies featuring it as a plot are not allowed to be shown because it treats history frivolously.

Time travel is banned in China — William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-19-16