The common names given for Santa’s reindeer in modern culture are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner/Donder, Blitzen, and Rudolph. Eight of these names are taken more or less directly from Clement C. Moore’s “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” and the ninth from the song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and the TV special based upon it. Two of the …

The Suez Canal, a major waterway and trade route that was completed in 1869. Cutting through the Isthmus of Suez to link the two seas, it reduces the sailing distance around the world. Learn More: Suez Canal, a ship canal in Egypt and a major navigational route for world trade. It crosses the Isthmus of Suez and links the Mediterranean …

The Muslims are absolutely not instructed to kill others. God’s just system rightfully allows for self-defense, although some other Muslims have chosen to abuse the verses discussing self-defense. They have warped the meanings into an excuse to harm, oppress, or kill at will. Instead, the Quran censures unprovoked aggression while favoring a peaceful coexistence with others. Hence, we find that …

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Surprisingly, there is. This is the tuatara, a reptile which looks like a lizard. In some lizards there is a gland at the front of the brain called a pineal body, shapes like an eye. In most of these lizards, the pineal body is not fully developed, and does nothing at all, but in the tuatara’s case, it is developed …

African royalty first used umbrellas to shield themselves from the hot rays of the sun (The God). To open one in shade was considered as an insult of Sun God. To open it indoors must have been worse, probably punishable by the God. Today, it is considered UNLUCKY.

A new study has authenticated the phrase “cry crocodile tears”, by discovering that crocodiles really do weep while eating — but it is purely physiological reasons that makes them bawl. A University of Florida researcher observed and videotaped four confined caimans and three alligators, both close relatives of the crocodile, while eating on a spit of dry land at Florida’s …

Yes; Allah is God the Creator, the same God of the Christians and Jews. Allah is just the Arabic word for God and does not symbolize a different god. So, when the Christians and Jews that speak Arabic call on God, they say “Allah”. There are Muslim leaders who refuse to use the name God, and this certainly can cause …

The tallith, a shawl worn by men during prayers, and the yarmulke, or kipa, is both used in Judaism, the Jewish religion.