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In ancient Rome, 25th of December was a celebration of the Unconquered Sun, marking the return of longer days. It followed Saturnalia, a festival where people feasted and exchanged gifts. The church in Rome began celebrating Christmas on December 25 in the 4th century during the reign of Constantine, the first Christian emperor, possibly to weaken pagan traditions.
Air Nauru used to have enough airline capacity for 10% of its population, and regularly ran flights with no passengers (though there may have been cargo). An average flight was 20% full. The phosphate mining subsidised it; when that ran out, the airline effectively collapsed. It used to operate between Nauru and 30 other locations in the Pacific; now it only flies to Brisbane.
Nauru is the only country in the world without an official capital. Once known as Pleasant Island, it is the third smallest country by area and second smallest by population. The 21-square-kilometre island country, located in the Central Pacific, houses a little over 10,000 residents. Interestingly, Nauru has no armed force and Australia is responsible for its defence. It was once the richest country in the world, due to deposits of phosphates that were formed by bird faeces. However, once the bird faeces finished, the economy of the country also collapsed.
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So a misogynist?
...And then there's this lad here.... worth a watch.
There's this guy....
Clever.
We’ve had a family friend a priest out in Pasadena, California for a number of years…. Before that for around 20 years he was in Peru….
you need to receive a job offer before heading there , you can’t go hang around and then get lucky with a job..
he literally went from one of the poorest parishes on the planet to one of the most affluent….
he has his own bungalow, garden, pool, they lease a nice car for him etc… he was living in a monastery type deal before that with SFA.
Be careful, as far as I know drop bears adore vegemite!
Our last Parish Priest was headhunted by a recruiter. A Fr. Buzz Cagney if memory serves me correct. He was supposed to go to Beverly Hills. Or Compton or somewhere like that.
Nice! I'm in the market for some drop bear deterence.
Something that makes me curious about is Irish priests who go to America
Do they have to apply do interviews etc or simply just travel over and join a parish
Can imagine a lot of parishes around the globe are full of politics
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Pot8o
Size comparison...
Apparently there are only about 20 paintings that are accepted as being painted by Leonardo da Vinci, and none of them are signed.
Fuller explanations https://imgur.com/gallery/2UjVeLM
My first thought was, "But goldfish don't have hair!"...
🤦♀️🤦🤦♀️
At least it'd be easy to clean up the hair, just turn off the lights
Natural night lights
BBT strikes again
I actually checked it too, and it's true.
Tony Blair MP is an anagram of Tony Blair PM
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I'm Tory Plan B
