Eli's Fun Facts

Happy Easter, everybody! I've decided to make a thread full of obscure trivial facts just for the fun of it. Here's today's fun fact:

Did you know that Easter was originally a pagan fertility holiday? Eggs and rabbits were sacrificed to the fertility goddess Eostre. Now you know what a bunny hiding eggs has to do with the resurrection of Christ: absolutely nothing.

Heh, word.

Personally, I think Easter should be called Resurrection Sunday. You know maybe I should do some research into how its come down to bunnys on Easter. I knew about it being a pagan holiday, but I forget at least half the story. Anyways it was the Catholic church that took that celebration into their religion.

Ill look into the origins of Easter bunnies.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_bunny

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interesting stuff there, DE. Here's another fun fact for everyone:

"Mad Jack" Churchill, a British commando in WWII, was known for carrying a sword into battle, along with having said "In my opinion, sir, any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed". Also, he once single-handedly took forty-two German prisoners and captured a mortar crew using only his broadsword.

for more information on his badassery, check out this link [WARNING: some foul language included]: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/churchill.html

ckbd19 wrote:

interesting stuff there, DE. Here's another fun fact for everyone:

"Mad Jack" Churchill, a British commando in WWII, was known for carrying a sword into battle, along with having said "In my opinion, sir, any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed". Also, he once single-handedly took forty-two German prisoners and captured a mortar crew using only his broadsword.

for more information on his badassery, check out this link [WARNING: some foul language included]: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/churchill.html

Me thinks he was el loco. Wouldn't surprise me though, if he actually did that.