The Mennonites are Christian groups belonging to the church communities of Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons. The early teachings of the Mennonites were founded on the belief in both the mission and ministry of Jesus, which the original Anabaptist followers held to with great conviction despite persecution by the various Roman Catholic and Protestant states. Rather than fight, the majority of these followers survived by fleeing to neighboring states where ruling families were tolerant of their radical belief in believer’s baptism. Over the years, Mennonites have become known as one of the historic peace churches because of their commitment to pacifism.
The persecution of Quakers in North America began in 1656 when two English Quaker missionaries, Mary Fisher and Ann Austin, began preaching in Boston. They were considered heretics because of their insistence on individual obedience to the Inner Light. They were imprisoned and banished by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Their books were burned, and most of their property was confiscated. They were imprisoned in terrible conditions, then deported.
Under the Clarendon Code of English Penal Law, the Conventicle Act (1664) forbade conventicles (a meeting for unauthorized worship) of more than five people who were not members of the same household. The purpose was to prevent dissenting religious groups from meeting.
Also part of the Clarendon Code was the 1662 Quaker Act (or Act of Uniformity), which was required in order to hold any office in government or the church. The Quaker Act prescribed the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments, and other rites of the Established Church of England. As an immediate result of the Quaker Act, over 2,000 clergymen refused it and were expelled from the Church of England in what became known as the Great Ejection of 1662.
“Wanted” posters in the Old West were typically set in the Clarendon typeface.
“Wanted: Dead or Alive” is a song from Bon Jovi’s 1986 album Slippery When Wet. The song was written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and was released in 1987 as the album’s third single. Now considered one of the band’s signature songs, it has become known to younger audiences as the theme song for Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch TV show.
There have been eleven ships named HMS Discovery in the British Royal Navy, probably the best-known of which was Capt. James Cook’s ship from his third voyage of exploration, 1776-80.
A strong positive correlation was found between the size of the area in which the majority of individuals of a population are concentrated and flight distances for 11 studied species of lepidoptera.
Though they lack noses, moths are expert sniffers. They detect odor molecules using their antennae instead of through nostrils. Male giant silkworm moths have elaborate, feather-shaped antennae with hairlike scent receptors that allow them to detect a single molecule of a female moth’s sex hormone from 7 miles (11 kilometers) away.
Silk is an excellent heat insulator, and comforters made from silk provide excellent insulating properties similar to down. Silk comforters tend to be less bulky than down duvets. Silk is a breathable fabric, making silk comforters comfortable in a wide temperature range. Thin silk comforters are used even in the summer.
The word canvas derives from cannabis, as hemp was often used to make it.
Although advocates of marijuana legalization love to point out that George Washington grew hemp, it was a different strain of the plant than that which is recreationally or medically smoked today.
The US imports a half-a-billion dollars a year worth of hemp products, much of it in defense department contracts, because it is a felony offense for an American farmer to grow hemp.
Hemp is the strongest natural fiber in the world.
Hemp seeds can be soaked and ground in water to make “hemp milk” a beany-nutty cream flavored liquid.
Hemp milk must be refrigerated and used within 7 days because of the lack of preservatives.
The names for the seven days of the week were inspired by names of pagan gods and/or heavenly bodies: Sun, Moon, Tyr (Mars), Wooden (Mercury), Thor (Jupiter), Frigg (Venus) and Saturn.
Frigg is a goddess. In nearly all sources she is described as the wife of the god Odin. In Old High German and Old Norse sources, she is also connected with the goddess Fulla.In Norse mythology, Frigg is described as a goddess associated with foreknowledge and wisdom. Frigg is the wife of the major god Odin and dwells in the wetland halls of Fensalir, is famous for her foreknowledge, is associated with the goddesses Fulla, Lofn, Hlín, and Gná, and is ambiguously associated with the Earth,
In Portuguese, the days of the week between Sunday and Saturdeay are named Second Market, Third Market, Fouth Market, Fifth Market and Sixth Market. The weekend days use the Sabado-Domingo forms of Latinic languages.
Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and Kentucky comprise the Sixth Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals. The court is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, but hears oral arguments across the four-state region.