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      Native americans found europeans long before europeans discovered america.

      Our stories of the Seventh Prophecy tell us that the Ojibwe people once lived along the Atlantic Ocean in what is now New Foundland, Nova Scotia, Maine and as far south as Virginia. Many histories commonly tell of the visits of men of the light-skinned race to this area as early as 1000 AD. But long before this it was Native Americans who had visited Europe, Ireland as far as the North Sea.

      Its a very little known fact that there were seafaring cultures in the Americas as long ago as 7,500 years ago. There's a documented story in Norway of a strange looking sea craft arriving sometime in the late 900s carrying 3 individuals unlike anyone the locals had ever seen. They were described as dark skinned with straight black hair and no facial hair, but with painted faces and headdresses that contained features and beads. Their clothing was made from animal skins that were foreign to Norway. Of course they spoke a language no one had ever heard, but from what could be made out through hand gestures, these individuals were on a fishing expedition and got lost. After a few days they reboarded their craft which is described as long like a viking vessel, but seemingly cut out from a huge tree trunk, and left, never to be heard from again.

      Its believed today that these people were native americans from the northeastern America's, which is precisely where the advanced seafaring cultures existed following the same routes that brought the norse to the americas in the 1100s.

      Wait, it gets better.

      In around 1470 Native Americans, at least a native american man and a woman, had landed in Galway Bay, Ireland and Christopher Columbus spoke with them. This is the knowledge that made Columbus so certain that he could sail westward across the Atlantic and find another land. He thought it would be the Orient and India. He later learned many other sources to support this concrete evidence but the firstperson testimony of these Native American explorers was "hard evidence" that anchored all of his research.

      The books that Columbus read also referred to "Indians" who had landed in Germany with merchandise. In his copy of Aeneas' Historia rerum he wrote:

      If it was a great distance [from India to Germany] the vessels could not pass without ill fortune; but this proves that it is near at hand.

      He also wrote in the margins of his copy of Historia,

      People from Katayo came towards the east. We saw many notable things, and specifically in Galway, Ireland, a man and his wife.

      We can see from his notations that Columbus learned of the relatively short distance to exotic, unknown lands westward across the Atlantic. The mythical "courage" that has been assumed was actually an assurance that was the result of his contact with Native Americans who had survived a crossing of the Atlantic from the west. Therefore, he knew he would survive a crossing of the Atlantic from the east to the west. He just thought it would be China and India and was very confused when he arrived in the New World.

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      Jester Black... that is interesting and its even more interesting because of all the recent books and television shows that have shown evidence that the Knights Templar where in the America's almost 200yrs before Columbus' visit.

      It is fun to look into, thank you.
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      very interesting fact Jay

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      Not such an interesting fact:


      The 'Bump' Smiley is meant to be used to 'bump' threads that don't get a response back up to the top of the list. On Message Boards this is considered to be a little rude or cheeky and so the animation shows one Smiley not happy about been bumped out of place by the other cheeky smiley.



      But never mind where or when we are supposed to use em, there lotts of fun anywhere!



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      The origin of the word Gargantuan (gar-GAN-choo-uhn), comes from Gargantua, a voracious giant, the father of Pantagruel, in a series of novels by François Rabelais (1490-1553).

      HA! Who knew that one .................... ?
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      The average number of people airborne over the U.S. at any given hour: 61,000

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      Wow thats a lot of people, thats also a lot of planes

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      The song 'Vera' by Pink Floyd is in reference to Vera Lynn, a WWII Singer:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujX4AXAIOWY



      Both Vera Lynn and "We'll Meet Again" feature in Pink Floyd's 1979 album The Wall. They are directly cited in the track "Vera". In the live version of The Wall, Is There Anybody Out There: The Wall Live 1980-1981, "We'll Meet Again" opens the concert before the show starts. It serves as a link between band member Roger Waters and his father, who was killed during World War II. The film The Wall begins with Vera Lynn singing "The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot."

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      The Origin of the name Nathan is from Hebrew meaning; He (God) has given.

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      In the Old Testament, Nathan is a prophet who served King David and his son, who was also called Nathan. Nathan is also used as a short form of Nathaniel or Jonathan.

      It is also ranked 21st in America's top 1000 boy names

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      The world's largest pipe organ, the Wanamaker Organ, in Philadelphia, weighs approximately 150 tons.





      The world's largest pipe organ, the Wanamaker Organ weighs approximately 150 tons

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      Quote Originally Posted by brother View Post


      The Origin of the name Nathan is from Hebrew meaning; He (God) has given.

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      In the Old Testament, Nathan is a prophet who served King David and his son, who was also called Nathan. Nathan is also used as a short form of Nathaniel or Jonathan.

      It is also ranked 21st in America's top 1000 boy names

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      Thanks, you're a brother, brother.

      p.s. I dedicated a song to you.

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      (((((((((((((Nathan)))))))))))))))
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      Quote Originally Posted by brother View Post


      The Origin of the name Nathan is from Hebrew meaning; He (God) has given.

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      In the Old Testament, Nathan is a prophet who served King David and his son, who was also called Nathan. Nathan is also used as a short form of Nathaniel or Jonathan.

      It is also ranked 21st in America's top 1000 boy names

      Hello Nathan
      Hey, can you do 'Elizabeth'...or start another thread for that???...

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      I started a new thread for it in the "home" section Elizabeth
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      Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is approximately 100,000 light years across.....and around 12,000 light years thick; light travels approximately 186,000 miles per second...so the distance across our galaxy is 186,000 miles, times seconds in a year, times 100,000.

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      Muskox are in fact, and I'm quoting the Nature program I recently watched on PBS, "Giant Baby Crazy Goats."
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      Quote Originally Posted by Psyche View Post
      "Giant Baby Crazy Goats."
      I love it.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Psyche View Post
      "Giant Baby Crazy Goats."
      I love it.
      lol That would be a great name for a rock band

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      Quote Originally Posted by Gollum View Post
      lol That would be a great name for a rock band
      You're so right!
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      A 300 year-old hurricane on Jupiter is still going strong

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