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This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"Musher\"<\/a>WHY DO THEY SAY \u201cMUSH\u201d TO MAKE SLED DOGS GO?<\/a><\/p>\n

If we relied on Yukon Cornelius from the 1964 Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to teach us about dog sledding, we might be slightly misled. In multiple instances throughout the movie, Cornelius cracks the whip and hollers, \u201cMush, mush!!\u201d to his dog sled team. But do mushers actually say this? You might be surprised given that they are literally called \u201cmushers\u201d that no, not really. So why are they called \u201cmushers\u201d and where did the idea that they yelled \u201cmush\u201d to their dogs to get them to run come from?\u00a0Dogs have been used to pull sleds in certain regions of North America for at least a thousand years (and even further back in regions such as modern day… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"bostanci\"<\/a>THAT TIME WHEN YOU COULD SAVE YOURSELF FROM BEING EXECUTED BY BEATING THE EXECUTIONER IN A FOOT RACE<\/a><\/p>\n

Like many historical nations, the Ottoman Empire was no stranger to doling out deadly justice to criminals and those the rulers disliked. Unlike most, for several decades, starting sometime in the late 18th century, they did offer some of the condemned a chance to avoid being executed. How? They simply had to beat the palace\u2019 head gardener in what amounted to about a 300 metre dash.In the Ottoman Empire, the method in which people eventually came to be executed was directly related to their standing in society, as well as differing based on their sex…(more)<\/a><\/p>\n

\"jimmy3\"<\/a>THE FORGOTTEN BEATLE- THE STORY OF JIMMIE NICOL<\/a><\/p>\n

On June 3, 1964 Ringo Starr inexplicably collapsed and was rushed to the hospital where it was found he was suffering from severe tonsillitis that required immediate surgery. Unfortunately for the band, Ringo had collapsed literally the day before they were due to embark on their world tour, for which many thousands of tickets had already been sold and a considerable amount of money had been spent booking venues, hotels, etc.\u00a0Band manager Brian Epstein wasted no time in making calls to arrange a replacement drummer to stand-in for Ringo while he was recovering. This was much to the annoyance of George Harrison who reportedly told Epstein that \u201cIf Ringo isn\u2019t going, then neither am I…(more)<\/a><\/p>\n

\"valentines-day-candy\"<\/a>THE ORIGIN OF VALENTINE\u2019S DAY<\/a><\/p>\n

While not thought to be directly related to modern Valentine\u2019s Day traditions, the beginnings of celebrating love (of a sort) in February date back to the Romans. The feast of Lupercalia was a pagan fertility and health festival, observed from February 13th through the 15th, that was celebrated at least as far back as 44 BCE (the year Julius Caesar was assassinated). Some historians believe it goes back even further, though with possibly a different name.Connected to the Roman god Lupercus, (the equivalent to the Greek god Pan), the festival was originally supposed to be about shepherds and bringing health and fertility to their sheep and cows…(more)<\/a><\/p>\n

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