December 2014 - Historical Perceptions:

Christmas Fun Fact of the Day: Humbug!

By Stephen Posted on December 16, 2014 Posted in Fun Fact of the Day, Historical Perceptions, Modern History

At the office today we got into a discussion about the Grinch, which got me thinking about the original Christmas Grinch, Ebenezer Scrooge. In Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic, “A Christmas Carol,” Scrooge dismisses the idea of Christmas with his classic line “Bah, humbug!” …

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The distance between Marathon and Athens is NOT a Marathon. Wait What?

By Stephen Posted on December 14, 2014 Posted in Ancient History, Historical Perceptions, Modern History

Statue of Pheidippides, the famous original marathon runner along the road from Marathon to Athens. The story of the Battle of Marathon and its connection to the modern marathon is a wonderful one, and a little bit more complicated that …

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Month: December 2014

Christmas Fun Fact of the Day: Humbug!

The distance between Marathon and Athens is NOT a Marathon. Wait What?