The popular Colin Gregory Palmer Grey aka C.G.P. Grey takes a look at 5 Historical Misconceptions. Misconceptions include Viking horns, Lady Godiva riding through town naked, Napolean’s height, Roman Vomitorium and Columbus. Grey has also covered 8 Animal Misconceptions and 10 Common Myths Debunked.
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What Is A Leap Year?
Popular C.G.P. Grey explains Leap Year and why we have an extra day in February every 4 years. The extra day in Leap Year places our days back on track since one year is actually 365 days and 6 hours. Looks like there is no way to build perfect Calendar so why not make everyone happy by changing Leap Year to a double Saturday every 4 years.
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8 Animal Misconceptions.
Colin Gregory Palmer Grey aka C.G.P. Grey is known for debunking many things that we may question, including an explanation of Groundhog Day and 2012. In his latest video Grey covers 8 animal misconceptions that most people believe including lemmings running of cliffs, touching baby birds, dog vision and more. Grey has 10 more misconceptions here.
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A Brief History Of Santa Claus.
There is a jolly man with a white beard known throughout the world as Santa Claus, who comes down the chimney early December 25th delivering presents to nice children. We all know Santa, but how did he come about? We can thank Northern Europe for creating him during the darkest days of the year. The definite location of where Santa lives is unclear but Finland is doing it right.
Death To Pennies.
Today, the only thing pennies are good for are exchanging them at banks and Coinstars to get rid of your extra change. I have noticed this happening with few businesses, when they give you change they won’t even deal with the pennies and round up to the next 5 cents. We’re ready for the death of the penny, let’s hope this happens soon.