I find it profitable to raise our level of knowledge on history and facts.

I love stumbling upon historical events and facts. Their details have a way of puzzling my mind and enlightening me on the things that were in the past and of things I don't know. Since the present is in one way or the other the fruit of the past. Inquiry of past events will be inevitable.

Likewise, the added advantage springs forth when you run into a contentious dialogue or educational discussion where the knowledge accumulated will showcase how vast and knowledgeable one can be in such matters.

In a bid to rid myself of boredom, I have used the last four hours to enlighten myself with some historical events and facts. To be frank, I was stunned at their details and couldn't resist sharing them on here.

_{On August 22, 1791, slaves on the French colony of Saint-Domingue rose up in armed rebellion against slavery and the French colonial government. The insurrection that led to the establishment of an independent country named Haiti.}

_{The 1791 Haitian Revolution was the only (and largest) slave uprising (since Spartacus' unsuccessful revolt against the Roman Republic nearly 1,900 years earlier) which led to the founding of a state which was both free from slavery and ruled by non-whites and former slaves.}

I am a huge hater towards any acts of slavery. I will never tolerate such dehumanizing acts against someone who has the same elements of flesh and blood. Sometimes, I wonder how people who delight in slavery feel? I wonder how they take pleasure in reducing another fellow human to animal level to fulfill their insatiable demands. Anyways, kudos to this slaves who stood up to fight against this demeaning acts, they are the founding blocks for the country Haiti.

_{Sir Alex Ferguson's last-chewed gum as Manchester United manager, in a 5-5 draw with West Bromwich Albion in 2013, was auctioned and sold for $608,000.}

_{The money was donated to the Manchester United Foundation charity.}

In my free time especially during the weekends, I usually spend that time watching my favorite soccer team kicking the ass of their opponents in the English premier league. But in those days when the legend of Manchester united in the person of Sir. Alex Ferguson was still managing the club. He won lots of accolades, trophies and indulged in making the team successful in every outing. Though I am not a fan of this great club but one notable behavior of Sir. Alex Ferguson was his chewing gum habits. To my surprise I can't believe the last one he chewed was auctioned for $608,000. You can imagine. If his reputation never precedes him, I'm sure no sane people will bid for a $5 gum at that exorbitant price in an auction.

_{Every Good Friday in the Philippines (which is 80% Catholic), a man playing the role of Jesus Christ is nailed to the cross.}

_{Since 1985, Ruben Enaje has had four-inch nails hammered into both his hands and feet and then hoisted on a wooden cross for around five minutes.}

_{In 2016, Enaje decided that it would be his last crucifixion. The significance was that this was the Filipino’s 33rd time, as according to religious tradition, Jesus was 33 years old at the time of his crucifixion.}

The Easter celebration is a way of commemorating the death of Jesus Christ and a time of sobering, acknowledging the sacrifice that pacified the rift between God and man. But over there in the Philippines, I never knew someone played the non-fiction role of the real crucifixion from 1985 till 2016. But now I know.

_{First Lady of the United States, Anna Symmes Tuthill Harrison (1775-1864) lost in succession seven of her adult family members in a period of just eight years; a son (1838), a son (1839), a son (1840), her president husband (1841), a daughter (1842), a daughter (1845) and a daughter (1846).}

_{Throughout her unusually long life, struggling to overcome the emotional toll of living in relative isolation for many years and the loss of her husband, children and even grandchildren, Harrison frequently quoted a line from the Bible to restore her calm and balance: “Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalms 46:10.}

When tragedy decides to knock at the door. There is no how one won't ponder on the vanity of life and question why life decides among the many souls roaming around the globe to pick just you. Here is the wife of a public officer who encountered back to back demise of her loved ones. So sad.

_{In 15th century Prague (present-day Czech Republic), frustrated citizens would take matters into their own hands by throwing politicians out of windows. Most that didn’t die from the fall would be killed by a mob waiting below.}

To a greater length, all thanks to the advent of civilization, you can't find inhabitants of a well known nation delivering jungle justice to mischievous leaders. In this era, we have the judicial system available to punish breakers of the law who abuse their position in political offices. But in some cases, the most powerful ones always have a way of bribing themselves out of the shit hole but I'm certain if this kind of jungle justice was prevalent in the four corners of the world to punish corrupt politicians, then the fear to abuse power and frustrate the masses will diminish drastically.

About today

Today being sunday; one notable event happening all over the world is the celebration of Easter by the Christians. Today's celebration is a bit different from how it used to be. Mostly people march to the temple of God where they offer worship to their creator to observe the spiritual activity due for the day but in this current crisis that has gripped the whole globe. Gatherings required to bring this worship to fruition can't hold because of the simultaneous standing order from the government of different affected countries to remain confined in our homes until this pandemic is subdued.

To those celebrating this event. I say happy Easter.

Thanks for reading.

_{attention:cover image is from Pixabay.com while the rest is from here}