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The 500-euro note is being withdrawn from sale in the UK. As banknotes that everybody knows exist but few ever see, they are known to many as...a) Bin Ladensb) Yetisc) Garbos
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Correct ! In some countries they're known as "Bin Ladens" - the banknote everybody knows exists but few, other than criminals, ever see.
Better known for a court “conviction” than his law degree or for coaching football… who is this dapper gent?
Sorry guys, I jumped the gun by a week or so on his indictment… though the charges were made on May 5th… according to one source.
I think it's John T. Scopes, a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee; he was charged on May 5, 1925 with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. He was tried in a case known as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Right you are. Though found guilty and fined $100.00 Scopes' conviction was overturned on appeal (the judge had set the fine, not the jury) but the Tennessee Supreme Court also held (3-1) that the Butler Act was, indeed, constitutional… it was finally repealed in 1967 by the state legisklature.Scopes, according to some sources, was innocent... he admitted several times that he skipped the chapter about evolution. 😮
It's Notre-Dame of Avioth (built between 1250 and 1400), a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine, north-eastern France (103 inhabitants). Perhaps under the influence of the Cistercians of the Abbey of Orval nearby, pilgrims coming to venerate the statue of the Virgin became so great in number that the modest shrine of Avioth quickly proved to be too small. A new church was built during the second half of the thirteenth-century. Our Lady of Avioth aka Shrine of Temporary Respite : according to popular belief in some provinces, temporary respite is when a stillborn child returns to life for the lapse of time needed in order to confer baptism before final death. Thus, having been baptized, the child may enter paradise instead of wandering in limbo where he would be deprived of the vision of God. In 1993, Pope John Paul II acknowledged the importance of the pilgrimage by giving the church the title of basilica. So long guys 😉
Man, That wasn't easy. 🙁 I love old churches but I would never guess the location of such an obscure church.I have one for the gang. Can anybody ID this statue and it's location.A few hints, It is inside a church and is the most famous statue in the city where it is located and I took it this past weekend. There is one further hint if anyone wants to ask for it but I am afraid that putting it out there first would give it away.
It's the Bamberg Rider in Bamberg Cathedral. Dates to 1235-37.
You are correct, apparently that was too easy. Pope Clement II is also buried in the cathedral but I did not get to see his tomb. His tomb is behind the altar and you must take a tour to get behind it. We were waiting on the tour when we had to move our illegally parked car to avoid a 30 Euro fine for parking right in front of the cathedral in a no parking zone that my wife said was a parking spot and I said was not. ;D
