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History Trivia

Halloween Pictures from History 

  Halloween 

• “Souling” is a medieval Christian precursor to modern-day trick-or-treating. On Hallowmas (November 1), the poor would go door-to-door offering prayers for the dead in exchange for soul cakes.
• Halloween is short for Hallows Eve or Hallows Evening .
• Halloween was influenced by the ancient Roman festival Pomona, which celebrated the harvest goddess of the same name. Many Halloween customs and games that feature apples (such as bobbing for apples) and nuts date from this time. In fact, in the past, Halloween has been called San-Apple Night and Nutcrack Night.

• Mexico celebrates the Days of the Dead on the Christian holidays All Saints’ Day November 1 and All Souls’ Day November 2 instead of Halloween.

Pics of Mexico's Day of the Dead

Geographic Trivia
Illinois in 1818 became the 21st state of the USA
Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S Grant and Barack Obama presidents who became president while living in Illinois and President Ronald Reagan who was born and raised in Illinois. The capitol Chicago in the North to Cairo in the south also known as Little Egypt.
Chicago is derived from a French rendering of the Native American word Shikaakwa.

Photo of the Day from down under

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Nature Video of the Week
Animal Homes and Architecture 

Music Trivia 

The song That''s Rock'n'Roll was written and originally recorded by Eric Karmen in 1976 and was Shaun Cassidy's first hit on the music charts in 1977. 
Here is a clip from the Midnight Special Eric Karmen Burton Cummings and Andrew Gold