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Yes.

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A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.

  1. Guy Fawkes Day
  2. Independence Day (U.S.)
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Festivus

Originated on a TV show, Seinfeld: Festivus - Wikipedia

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A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.

  1. Guy Fawkes Day
  2. Independence Day (U.S.)
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Festivus
  5. No Pants Day

Began in 2002 when seven people decided to ride the NYC subway without wearing pants. By 2013, the event had spread to sixty cities.

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A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.

  1. Guy Fawkes Day
  2. Independence Day (U.S.)
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Festivus
  5. No Pants Day
  6. Talk Like A Pirate Day
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A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.

  1. Guy Fawkes Day
  2. Independence Day (U.S.)
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Festivus
  5. No Pants Day
  6. Talk Like A Pirate Day
  7. St. Urho’s Day

Celebrated on March 16th, St. Urho’s the one who chased all the grasshoppers out of Finland’s vineyards. The holiday originated in Minnesota in the late 20th Century. It is celebrated mainly with lots of drinking.

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A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.

  1. Guy Fawkes Day
  2. Independence Day (U.S.)
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Festivus
  5. No Pants Day
  6. Talk Like A Pirate Day
  7. St. Urho’s Day
  8. Kwanzaa

The Perfect Master speaks: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2376/why-arent-green-or-blue-naturally-occurring-human-hair-colors

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A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.

  1. Guy Fawkes Day
  2. Independence Day (U.S.)
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Festivus
  5. No Pants Day
  6. Talk Like A Pirate Day
  7. St. Urho’s Day
  8. Kwanzaa
  9. Scotchtoberfest

Started out as a throwaway joke on The Simpsons. Not actually being celebrated in some places (okay, mainly bars and liquor stores)

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A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.

  1. Guy Fawkes Day
  2. Independence Day (U.S.)
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Festivus
  5. No Pants Day
  6. Talk Like A Pirate Day
  7. St. Urho’s Day
  8. Kwanzaa
  9. Scotchtoberfest
  10. Whacking Day

Another fake holiday from The Simpsons, in which Springfieldians hit snakes with clubs until Lisa and Bart reveal that it was originally a holiday on which people bashed Irish immigrants.

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A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.

  1. Guy Fawkes Day
  2. Independence Day (U.S.)
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Festivus
  5. No Pants Day
  6. Talk Like A Pirate Day
  7. St. Urho’s Day
  8. Kwanzaa
  9. Scotchtoberfest
  10. Whacking Day
  11. Weasel Stomping Day
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A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.

  1. Guy Fawkes Day
  2. Independence Day (U.S.)
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Festivus
  5. No Pants Day
  6. Talk Like A Pirate Day
  7. St. Urho’s Day
  8. Kwanzaa
  9. Scotchtoberfest
  10. Whacking Day
  11. Weasel Stomping Day
  12. Sadie Hawkins Day

from the comic strip Li’l Abner

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A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.

  1. Guy Fawkes Day
  2. Independence Day (U.S.)
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Festivus
  5. No Pants Day
  6. Talk Like A Pirate Day
  7. St. Urho’s Day
  8. Kwanzaa
  9. Scotchtoberfest
  10. Whacking Day
  11. Weasel Stomping Day
  12. Sadie Hawkins Day
  13. National Weed Day (4/20)

New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)

  1. Sombrero Galaxy
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New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)

  1. Sombrero Galaxy
  2. Rings around Uranus

Apologies to all… could…not… resist…

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New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)

  1. Sombrero Galaxy
  2. Rings around Uranus
  3. Cat’s Eye Nebula
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New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)

  1. Sombrero Galaxy
  2. Rings around Uranus
  3. Cat’s Eye Nebula
  4. The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302)
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New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)

  1. Sombrero Galaxy
  2. Rings around Uranus
  3. Cat’s Eye Nebula
  4. Saturn’s polar aurora
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New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)

  1. Sombrero Galaxy
  2. Rings around Uranus
  3. Cat’s Eye Nebula
  4. The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302)
  5. Saturn’s polar aurora

(Fixed)

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Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)

  1. Sombrero Galaxy
  2. Rings around Uranus
  3. Cat’s Eye Nebula
  4. The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302)
  5. Saturn’s polar aurora
  6. V838 Monocerotis
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Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)

  1. Sombrero Galaxy
  2. Rings around Uranus
  3. Cat’s Eye Nebula
  4. The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302)
  5. Saturn’s polar aurora
  6. V838 Monocerotis
  7. Carina Nebula
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Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)

  1. Sombrero Galaxy
  2. Rings around Uranus
  3. Cat’s Eye Nebula
  4. The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302)
  5. Saturn’s polar aurora
  6. V838 Monocerotis
  7. Spiral Galaxy M100
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Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)

  1. Sombrero Galaxy
  2. Rings around Uranus
  3. Cat’s Eye Nebula
  4. The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302)
  5. Saturn’s polar aurora
  6. V838 Monocerotis
  7. Carina Nebula
  8. Spiral Galaxy M100

just de-ninja-fying