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A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.
- Guy Fawkes Day
- Independence Day (U.S.)
- Groundhog Day
- Festivus
Originated on a TV show, Seinfeld: Festivus - Wikipedia
A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.
- Guy Fawkes Day
- Independence Day (U.S.)
- Groundhog Day
- Festivus
- 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.
A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.
- Guy Fawkes Day
- Independence Day (U.S.)
- Groundhog Day
- Festivus
- No Pants Day
- Talk Like A Pirate Day
A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.
- Guy Fawkes Day
- Independence Day (U.S.)
- Groundhog Day
- Festivus
- No Pants Day
- Talk Like A Pirate Day
- 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.
A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.
- Guy Fawkes Day
- Independence Day (U.S.)
- Groundhog Day
- Festivus
- No Pants Day
- Talk Like A Pirate Day
- St. Urho’s Day
- Kwanzaa
The Perfect Master speaks: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2376/why-arent-green-or-blue-naturally-occurring-human-hair-colors
A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.
- Guy Fawkes Day
- Independence Day (U.S.)
- Groundhog Day
- Festivus
- No Pants Day
- Talk Like A Pirate Day
- St. Urho’s Day
- Kwanzaa
- Scotchtoberfest
Started out as a throwaway joke on The Simpsons. Not actually being celebrated in some places (okay, mainly bars and liquor stores)
A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.
- Guy Fawkes Day
- Independence Day (U.S.)
- Groundhog Day
- Festivus
- No Pants Day
- Talk Like A Pirate Day
- St. Urho’s Day
- Kwanzaa
- Scotchtoberfest
- 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.
A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.
- Guy Fawkes Day
- Independence Day (U.S.)
- Groundhog Day
- Festivus
- No Pants Day
- Talk Like A Pirate Day
- St. Urho’s Day
- Kwanzaa
- Scotchtoberfest
- Whacking Day
- Weasel Stomping Day
A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.
- Guy Fawkes Day
- Independence Day (U.S.)
- Groundhog Day
- Festivus
- No Pants Day
- Talk Like A Pirate Day
- St. Urho’s Day
- Kwanzaa
- Scotchtoberfest
- Whacking Day
- Weasel Stomping Day
- Sadie Hawkins Day
from the comic strip Li’l Abner
A Penny for the Old Guy! 13 Holidays with unusual origins.
- Guy Fawkes Day
- Independence Day (U.S.)
- Groundhog Day
- Festivus
- No Pants Day
- Talk Like A Pirate Day
- St. Urho’s Day
- Kwanzaa
- Scotchtoberfest
- Whacking Day
- Weasel Stomping Day
- Sadie Hawkins Day
- National Weed Day (4/20)
New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)
New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)
Apologies to all… could…not… resist…
New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)
New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)
New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)
New Topic - Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)
- Sombrero Galaxy
- Rings around Uranus
- Cat’s Eye Nebula
- The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302)
- Saturn’s polar aurora
(Fixed)
Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)
Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)
Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)
Gorgeous Hubble Pics (hubblesite.org/gallery/album)
- Sombrero Galaxy
- Rings around Uranus
- Cat’s Eye Nebula
- The Butterfly Nebula (NGC 6302)
- Saturn’s polar aurora
- V838 Monocerotis
- Carina Nebula
- Spiral Galaxy M100
just de-ninja-fying