Random Facts Of The Day NOTE: These "facts" have not necessarily been verified. They are just for fun. * Mars 2, built by the former Soviet Union, has the bittersweet distinction of being the first human-built object to touch down on Mars in November 1971. Unfortunately, it crashed into the surface during a massive dust storm. * Russian poet Sergei Esenin (1895-1925) wrote an entire poem in his own blood that served as suicide note. * A widow in India is considered bad luck—otherwise, her husband wouldn’t have died. Elderly women in the village might call a widow “the one who ate her husband.” In some orthodox families, widows are not allowed near newlyweds or welcomed at social gatherings.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 16:58:39 +0000
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