Weird

Reading Facts

Most people who read these worthless facts and believe all of them are stupid idiots.

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Weird

Heck with shoes, watch out for those needle elves!

Elias Howe perfected the sewing machine needle after dreaming he was going to be stabbed by savages with long grooved lances that had eye-holes near the tip, thus giving him the idea to make the sewing needle with an eye hole tip at the downward facing of the needle.

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Religion

Religious Freedom

Ratified on December 15, 1791, the amendment reads, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof … at Wounded Knee on December 29, 1890 Native Americans were slaughtered for conducting a relgious ceremony known as The Ghost Dance, among such “Banned by Law” religious rights were the Sun Dance, Sweat Lodge, ceremonial use of the eagle feather and peyote. Many Natives had to pray and hold their ceremonies in great secretcy and still do. It was not until August 11, 1978, that Congress passed the American Indian Freedom of Religion Act. Many Native American Nations abroad now fight to preserve their ceremonies and beliefs from exploitation by banning photographs, “outsider” attendance and some are seeking congressional movement towards laws illegalizing Non-Native practices and teachings of sacred ceremonies such as the Sun Dance and Sweat Lodge.

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Movies

Evil Dead Shemp

Shemp(s) (‘ing) is a term made up by Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel, and Bruce Campbell (during the time of the Evil Dead trilogy when Bruce was playing Ash) which is what they call a stand-in for actors not present to “play” their characters part themselves. It’s inspired after the Three Stooges, Shemp, who sometimes had a stand in during shorts taken when he himself couldn’t be present.
“Baby, you got real ugly”

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