Thousands of years ago, ancient Greek astronomers determined that the track of the Earth’s axis is continually, albeit in a very slow way, shifting in a regular pattern. The variation is very similar to the manner a spinning top slowly leans one way and then another as it slows down. It is a wobble that occurs as its axis alters direction.
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The calendar is such a commonplace, everyday item, but how much do you really know about the operation of it. Why is it like that?
Christmas – is the celebration of Jesus’ birthday. Although the precise date of his birth is unknown, December 25th was most likely selected because it coincided with a pagan mid-winter festival. The ‘Twelve Days Of Christmas” mark the days between Christmas and Epiphany (January 6th), which was the day of the wise men’s visit.
Predicting the demise of the world has almost certainly been going on since man began thinking, whenever that was. It is warned about in Revelations in the Bible, so that must be about 2,000 years ago.
Even if you were to invent something earth-shattering, you would not earn any money from of it if you left the invention on your desk. The only means you can profit from it is by selling it and in order to accomplish this, you have to inform people that it exists, that it is for sale and where they may obtain it from. In other words, you have to advertise it.