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On this #ValentinesDay, we remember Barack and Michelle Obama’s date night, the worst scandal in presidential history. pic.twitter.com/4F3T8QTmsp
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) February 14, 2021
Basilica di Santa Maria, Rome, Italy: St. Valentine’s Skull
The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.
The skull is flanked by flowers. Embiggenable. Explore at home.
A SKULL RESIDES IN A glass reliquary in Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin, surrounded by flowers. Lettering painted across the forehead identify the owner as none other than of the patron saint of lovers, St. Valentine.
Knowing just exactly whose skull it is, though, is complicated. There was more than one Catholic saint known as Saint Valentine, and there was approximately 1500 years between those martyrs’ deaths and the enthusiastic distribution and labeling of bodies in the Victorian era. Finally, and most troubling, there is the fact that no less than 10 places around the world claim to house the saint’s relics.
Though not much is really known of the real men behind the myth, at least two of the Saints Valentine lived in Italy in the late 3rd century, and another in North Africa around the same time. Over time, the stories of these different men seem to have merged. Most of the mythology about Valentine centers around him being a patron of lovers. In 496, Pope Gelasius I made February 14—originally part of the Roman festival of Lupercalia—a feast day dedicated to St. Valentine. …
Basilica of St Peter and St Paul, Prague, Czechia: St. Valentine’s Shoulder Blade
A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.
The bones are artfully displayed. Embiggenable. Explore at home.
IN 2002, WHILE SORTING THROUGH the basement at the Basilica of Saints Paul and Peter in Prague, members of the church stumbled upon several relics, one of which was labeled as the shoulder blade of St. Valentine. It is believed to have been brought to Prague in the 1300s by Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who lived in Vyšehrad, the castle that houses the church. St. Valentine’s bone is now on permanent display and celebrated with a mass every February 14th.
Determining legitimacy is especially hard when it comes to relics of St. Valentine. There were a number of Catholic saints known as Valentine, and many years passed between their deaths and the distribution of their bones to churches around the world. At least two of the saints Valentine lived in Italy in the late 3rd century, and another in North Africa around the same time.
Over time, the stories of these different men seem to have merged, and today most of the mythology about Valentine centers around him being a patron of lovers. In 496, Pope Gelasius I made February 14—originally part of the Roman festival of Lupercalia—a feast day dedicated to St. Valentine. …
Iglesia de San Antón, Madrid, Spain: Relics of St. Valentine at Iglesia de San Antón
Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.
The relics are house inside the Inglesia de San Antón. Embiggenable. Explore at home.
THE IGLESIA DE SAN ANTÓN was closed until the organization Mensajeros de la Paz (Messengers of Peace) took control of the parish in 2015. Since then, the church has been running regular services and events, while also catering to the needs of the homeless. The church even gives blessing to pets and their owners at the beginning of the year. However, it may be what’s inside the church, encased in glass, that is its greatest treasure. In the display case are what are believed to be the remains of the legendary Saint Valentine of Rome.
The life of Saint Valentine is shrouded in mystery, as there were several figures with the same name throughout history. On ancient Roman Catholic rosters of saints, there are around a dozen or so Saints Valentine. The one who has his namesake attached to Valentine’s Day is commonly referred to as Saint Valentine of Rome. While much of his life is difficult to verify, it’s largely believed he was martyred at the hands of Emperor Claudius II.
When Claudius noticed his military numbers dwindling, he banned all marriages and engagements in Rome. It was his belief that soldiers were becoming too attached to their families. Legend has it that one Valentine defied this rule and continued to wed young couples. He was eventually discovered and jailed, then eventually clubbed and beheaded on February 14, 269. It is said it that he signed a farewell note with the phrase, “Your Valentine.” However, martyrologies show that three other Saint Valentines were also martyred on that date, adding more confusion to the question of Saint Valentine’s identity. …
Blessed St John Duns Scotus, Glasgow, Scotland: St. Valentine’s Bones
Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.
‘Body of Saint Valentine.’ Embiggenable. Explore at home.
IN 1868, A WEALTHY FRENCH family made a donation to the the Franciscan church: a small wooden box labeled “Corpus Valentini Martyris,” or “the Body of Saint Valentine.” The church sent the relic to Saint Francis’ Church, in the neighborhood of Gorbals in Glasgow, where it sat in almost complete anonymity for over a century. In 1999, it was moved to the nearby, Blessed St John Duns Scotus, where it has been given a place of honor at the church’s entrance.
Though there are many stories, not much is known for certain about the man—or men—behind the myth of St. Valentine. The Catholic church recognizes a number of saints known as Valentine, and at least two of them lived in Italy in the 3rd century. Both were executed during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius Gothicus. Many years between the deaths of these martyrs and the distribution of their relics, and over time, the stories of these men (and potentially other Valentines) have merged. In 496, Pope Gelasius I made February 14 a feast day dedicated to St. Valentine.
At the church in Glasgow, the relic is decorated with flowers every year for the Feast of St. Valentine, and the friars say prayers for lovers. Though we may not know which Valentine the body belonged to, its presence has led Glasgow to label itself the “City of Love.” …
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chełmno, Poland: Pieces of St. Valentine’s Skull
The relics are stored in a silver reliquary, where they can be seen through glass.
Look closely: the fragment is pretty small. Embiggenable. Explore at home. Perhaps not this place, but also barely uninteresting at all.
PRESERVED IN A SMALL SILVER reliquary in a parish church in Chelmno, a bit of bone is revered as the skull of St. Valentine, patron saint of lovers (as well as bee keepers and epilepsy, among other things).
The relics have been in the possession of the church for “several hundred years” and are the focal point of the city’s annual celebrations on February 14. The only problem is that St. Valentine’s skull is already on display in Rome.
A number of churches around the world claim to have pieces of St. Valentine on display. Though not much is known for certain about the origin of these relics, the Catholic church does recognize multiple saints known as Valentine. At least two of them lived in Italy in the 3rd century, and both were executed during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius Gothicus. …
Whitefriar Street Church, Dublin, Ireland: Relics of St. Valentine at Whitefriar Street Church
Some of the saint’s blood and bones are said to reside in Dublin.
Whitefriar Street Church. Embiggenable. Explore at home.
JOHN SPRAT WAS AN IRISH Carmelite that was known for both his abilities as a preacher and dedicated work with the destitute in the city of Dublin. While visiting Rome, his fame had apparently preceded him, and he became hot on the Jesuit circuit, giving sermons and receiving tokens of esteem from his peers.
One of the more impressive tokens he was gifted was the remains of Saint Valentine by Pope Gregory XVI, which had recently been uncovered during grave restorations. Sprat brought the Reliquary containing the relics to his Whitefriar Street Church in Dublin, where they remained popular until the death of their popular procurer. With the death of Sprat, the relics went into storage and were not venerated until the church went through restorations in the 1950’s or 1960’s. Both an altar and shrine were created and are now watched over by a statue depicting the saint holding a crocus (carved by Irene Broe).
Today, the shrine is popular with couples who come to pray for St. Valentine to watch over their lives together, and to celebrate the feast day of February 14th which includes the Blessings of the Rings for those about to marry. The reliquary is placed on the high altar and venerated at the Masses. …
Roquemaure Church, Roquemaure, France: Relics of St. Valentine
Celebrate the end of the Great French Wine Blight with a festival of kissing.
Rosquemaure church. Embiggenable. Explore at home.
IN 1866, THE VINEYARDS OF Roquemaure, France were descended upon by tiny, voracious insects. These phylloxera caused so much damage it became known as the Great French Wine Blight.
In an appeal for holy intervention, a local land owner—and presumed wine enthusiast—made a pilgrimage to Rome and allegedly returned in October 1868 with the saint’s relics in tow. It is unclear exactly how much or which parts of the saint were brought back, but the saint’s flower-bedecked skull is still on display in the eternal city.
The the arrival of the saint’s relics are celebrated in the town with a festival known as La Festo di Poutoun, or the “festival of lovers and kissers,” on or near February 14. Locals deck themselves in fussy Victorian attire, remove the relics from the church where they usually reside, and carry them through the streets. …
Florissant, Missouri: Old St. Ferdinand Shrine
A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint’s relics.
The road to The Old St. Ferdinand Shrine in Florissant, Missouri. Embiggenable. Explore at home.
BUILT IN 1821, THE OLD St. Ferdinand Shrine has more than just a long history of prayer. In addition to being the oldest extant Catholic church between the Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River, the building holds within its walls a significant piece of historical importance.
The story of Valentines Day is a romantic yet convoluted one that involves the patron of lovers known as St. Valentine who helped early Christian couples to marry in secret. Though it is difficult to say who exactly St. Valentines actually is, his history has been preserved not only through the national holiday of Valentines Day, but also in the few relics that are scattered all around the world to commemorate him. One of these rare relics can be found right inside the Old St. Ferdinand Church. …
An Ode to Low Expectations
You’ll be happier if you grade reality on a curve.
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SO THERE I WAS, staring at my mug of tea.
It was 1993. I was sitting over a plate of eggs in the New Piccadilly Café in Soho, London. Things were not going well. As a man, as a person, as a unit of society, I was barely functioning. More acutely, I was having panic attacks, in an era when people didn’t yet say “panic attack.” They just said Oh, dear. As far as I was concerned, I was going insane.
I took a despairing slurp from my mug, then put it back down. As I did so, the side of my hand touched the Formica tabletop, and I felt the radiant heat from where the mug had been resting a second before. Or, more accurately, I registered it. Through my private cerebral drizzle—the continuous, joy-canceling brain-rain that was my mental reality at the time—I noted it: energy, life, jiggling molecules, the world. A message from the fire of generosity at the heart of the universe. And the message was this: One day, you’ll be able to simply appreciate what’s in front of you. The tea, the café, London, the little lens of warmth on the table. One day, this will be enough.
Strive for excellence, by all means. My God, please strive for excellence. Excellence alone will haul us out of the hogwash. But lower the bar, and keep it low, when it comes to your personal attachment to the world. Gratification? Satisfaction? Having your needs met? Fool’s gold. If you can get a buzz of animal cheer from the rubbishy sandwich you’re eating, the daft movie you’re watching, the highly difficult person you’re talking to, you’re in business. And when trouble comes, you’ll be fitter for it. …
Changing landscapes set the stage for Ancient Egypt and the first nation-states
NATURE’S NURTURE
Environmental change may have played a role at the dawn of Egyptian history—here’s how. Embiggenable.
Around 5,000 years ago (c. 3100 BC), what we know today as Ancient Egypt came into existence. A thousand years either side, and other such “primary states” had also arisen across the world, in Mesopotamia, north China, the Indus Valley, and other locations.
But why did human social dynamics change so dramatically in such a relatively short space of time? Why did we stop living in smaller communities and come together into cities and “civilizations”?
In trying to answer this perennial question, archaeologists and anthropologists have historically studied the emergence of social stratification, notions of kingship, shifting identities, changing technologies, and much else. However, these studies—while looking in detail at these “human factors” – have arguably overlooked the changing environment within which the people were interacting, just at the crucial juncture. It is almost as if we have been so focused on the “actors” of the narrative, we have missed the “stage.”
Our research recognizes this omission, and has sought to integrate the changing landscapes—the stage—into the discussion, recognizing that actors’ choices may be influenced by the theater or set.
So what did the “stage” look like for the emergence of Ancient Egypt, or indeed any of these other areas in which the first “civilizations” arose? …
Just Rankin’ Shit: 6 U.S. Presidents You Most Likely Didn’t Know Were Black, Ranked
We’ll take ‘Untold American History’ for $500, Alex.
6. Abraham Lincoln
Honest Abe’s connection to Black folks goes further than his role in ending slavery. In the 2001 book Black People and Their Place in History (you’re welcome), historian Leroy Vaughn, MD, MBA, alleges that Lincoln’s father was African American and his mother had Ethiopian ethnicity, both of which may have explained his “very dark skin and coarse hair.” The political streets were talking, too — his rivals campaigned using propaganda that depicted Lincoln as “Abraham Africanus the First,” an African man. Wonder if his Lambo was blue.
5. Warren Harding
Like Lincoln, Warren Gamaliel Harding — yes, the original Warren G. — was rumored to have Black ancestry on both sides of his family tree. He was once asked about the potentially damaging hearsay; rather than regulate, Harding is reported as saying “One of my ancestors may have jumped the fence.” DNA testing conducted in 2015 disproved the rumors, but due to Harding’s outspokenness on civil rights, we’re gonna go ahead and claim him, rampant corruption or not. The concept of race is made up, anyway.
4. Calvin Coolidge
Keep it 100: You had no idea that Calvin Coolidge was a member of the one-drop club. …
Instagram Bans Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Over Vaccine Misinformation #WhatDoYouThink? https://t.co/OvEoDFUBiK pic.twitter.com/vWcAZL82Cu
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 15, 2021
RELATED: Japan Maintains The Ancient Tradition Of Adopting Adult Men
Despite having a worse birth rate than an Irish nunnery, Japan has the world’s second-largest adoption rate. They also have the largest adoptees since a whopping 98% of all adoptions are between an adult Japanese man and another adult Japanese man. This is often already the older man’s employee and/or son-in-law (who then agrees per contract to take the name of his now sister-wife), but they can be flexible negotiators in their son-search. If he still has his starter-pack parents, they’ll happily offer them a buyout. If their new hand-picked son is already married, they’ll just also adopt his wife as part of a package deal. And if no one around the office catches their fancy, they’ll turn special matchmaking app promising to hook up single men with dads in their area.
That’s because the greatest job promotion a young go-getter can get in the Japanese corporate structure is to the position of Son Of The Boss, who in Japanese tradition can only happily die behind his desk if he knows he has a competent son waiting in the wings. Like a lot of countries, Japanese culture places extra value on family-owned businesses, but unlike the rest of the world, Japanese families only care about continuing the name, not the bloodline. Even major companies like Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Canon have been handed over to former CEOs’ proverbial redheaded children. Keeping businesses in the family is such an important sign of success and stability that bosses can adopt a goat for all their shareholders could care. As long as the right name remains on the big plaque, they’ll have the utmost confidence that Billie-san is the right man for the job.
Like most hardcore Japanese business practices, this weird form of feudal meritocracy can be traced back to the age of the samurai. For centuries, particularly during the Edo period, Japanese nobles would seek out competent young men to audition for Who Wants To Be The Next Clan Heir. But entrepreneurial adoption wasn’t just reserved for the upper echelons. Merchants, small-business owners, and even peasants would scout for local son talent — sometimes even promoting these proteges over the heads of their own large adult sons. …
A Timeline Of Valentine’s Day History https://t.co/8rmrmOitWg pic.twitter.com/20wHZ7REeS
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 15, 2021
RELATED: 5 TV Plots That Now Look Super Cringeworthy In Retrospect
TV is constantly changing and evolving, which is why shows are now in color and sitcom parents no longer burden their children with the name “Beaver.” Even programs from not that long ago, in the 21st century even, seem weirdly out-of-step with our modern sensibilities. Let us take you on a journey back in time to when TV shows featured …
5. Characters Being Jerks About Bisexuality
Television today obviously still has a big representation problem — for example, there are far too few shows featuring LGBTQ characters, and far too many featuring Tim Allen. One area in which TV has improved somewhat has been in the inclusion of bisexual characters; from Rosa on Brooklyn 99 to Callie from Grey’s Anatomy to the lead character of the show literally called The Bisexual.
Even in the recent past, when TV shows began to incorporate more gay-friendly storylines, they did so at the expense of even just the mere suggestion of bi-sexuality. Take Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We get that this the least of that show’s problems right now, but the character of Willow had several, meaningful relationships with men she was seemingly totally into — but in season four she fell in love with Tara and was suddenly “gay now.”
It’s fine that Willow was gay, but the show never seemed remotely interested in exploring the the possibility that she might be bi; as if falling in love with a woman some kind of sexual nuclear launch switch from which there was no return. Why? Because according to Joss Whedon the show wasn’t “ready for that.” Even weirder was the episode of Sex and the City in which Carrie dates a guy who’s bisexual and casually dismisses his orientation as a “layover on the way to Gaytown.” Even Samantha chalks bisexuality up to “experimentation.”
Carrie wasn’t an electrician or a marine biologist, she was a goddamn sex columnist but still got totally freaked out by the idea that sexuality is a spectrum. Really, Carrie? That’s like being an Ikea employee who doesn’t recognize that bookshelves are a thing. And while we’re on the topic of otherwise likable characters being casually crappy about bisexuality (looking at you, Liz Lemon) …
Relationship Experts Say Mailing Body Part To Ex On Valentine’s Day Only Way To Win Them Back https://t.co/0frJnFMwS7 pic.twitter.com/q7cKV5PHdz
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 14, 2021
RELATED: Vodka Is No Longer Russia’s Favorite Drink. It’s Moonshine.
The frosty fingertipped folk of Russia have always been known as hard-living, hard-drinking people. And no drink moreso than vodka, booze that runs so concentrated through the blood of its culture they’ll gladly follow leaders that are only half-Russian if the other half is made up of vodka. But recently, Russians have started to lose their taste for the potato-based liquor in favor of an even more traditionalist approach to hooch hounding: moonshine.
As if their political attacks on gay rights wasn’t enough to cement its status as the Alabama of regional powers, moonshine or samogon (meaning “self-distilled) has taken over as the Russian poison of choice. Dating back to the 14th-century, samogon was always a Russian rural favorite because it’s as easy to make as it’s hard it is to keep down. Russian moonshine follows no recipes or restrictions and can be made from just about anything: table sugar, barley, beetroots, tea, and even particularly thick fruit jams. One old Soviet practice was to pour sugar, yeast, milk, and water directly into your washing machine, put it on tumble for two hours, and distill whatever fresh lavender hell came sludging out of it.
Yet, its popularity in Russian culture was held back on account that samogon was illegal to make or consume for most of its existence. Starting with Peter the Great, it wasn’t until 1997 that the Russian federation decreed the making of samogon legal for personal consumption. Another part of samogon’s yeast-barrel boom has to be Russia’s semi-regular bursts of semi-Prohibition. Since the late aughts, the Russian government has once again tried to curtail Russians from drinking themselves into an even earlier grave by restricting access to and raising the prices of vodka. Between that and the country’s struggling economy, this has led many Russian heavy drinkers to switch to more cost-effective ways of getting loaded — like self-distilled moonshine, VAT-free black-market booze, or drinking industrial-grade bath cleaner straight from the squeezy bottle. …
Study: 89% Of Husbands Planning To Surprise Wife On Valentine’s Day By Dressing As Naked, Chubby Cherub https://t.co/H6O4IrxwBR pic.twitter.com/DFud6viKZg
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 14, 2021
The Simpsons: “1000 Monkeys With A 1000 Typewriters” Gag Explained
The Simpsons have made some obscure gags over the years but what’s with Mr. Burns’ “1000 monkeys with a 1000 typewriters” joke from season 4?
The Simpsons have made some truly obscure references over their 32 seasons on the air, but what’s with the surreal “1000 monkeys with a 1000 typewriters” joke in season 4’s classic “Last Exit to Springfield?” With almost 700 episodes to their name and counting, it’s fair to say that primetime TV institution The Simpsons has come a long way since the first television outing of Springfield’s favorite family, a Christmas special entitled “Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire.”
In their many years on the air, The Simpsons have pulled off all manner of jokes, with the show willing to do just about anything for a laugh. The style of gags ranges from the simplest slapstick to the most ambitious multi-season set-ups for clever punchlines. The much-imitated series from co-creators Sam Simon, James L Brooks, and Matt Groening, is famous for the range of its humor, which often included some seriously obscure references alongside the sillier gags.
With the comedic ambition of the early Simpsons writing in mind, it’s fair for viewers to wonder where the memorably bizarre “a 1000 monkeys with a 1000 typewriters” premise comes from. The brief scene appears in “Last Exit to Springfield” (an outing frequently called the best Simpsons episode ever) and sees Mr. Burns trying to impress Homer with the many absurd features of his vast mansion. Among these is a room containing ‘1000 monkeys with 1000 typewriters,’ who Burns claims will soon have written the greatest novel known to man. It’s a hilariously inexplicable scene – particularly the goofy pay-off “you stupid monkey!” when viewers see the overworked simians aren’t quite there yet – but what is this gag referencing? It’s actually a nod to the “infinite monkey theorem,” a famous math-based thought experiment. …
The Completely Bonkers History of the Bathroom Scale
A century ago, few Americans had any idea how much they weighed. Here’s why that changed so dramatically.
In 1922, the Commissioner of Health for Chicago had a scale installed in the lobby of City Hall. Any and all passersby were invited to come in, step on, and find out what they weighed. City residents soon flocked to the building and lined up all day long to check their weight. The scale was the hottest ticket in town.
Thirty years earlier, most Americans had no idea what they weighed — nor did their physicians. Doctors and hospitals had had scales since the 1870s; they just weren’t a part of standard health evaluations. Certainly, there were sociocultural attitudes and biases about body size and shape, but weight was a subjective concept. It wasn’t until the turn of the century when a confluence of events gave rise to both a massive interest in quantifying weight and the tools to do so — one tool in particular: the bathroom scale.
In the beginning, scales were a novelty. As historian Hillel Schwartz, PhD, writes in Never Satisfied (you’re welcome) (his oft-cited and expansive text on American diet culture), the first penny scale was imported from Germany in 1885. It was a mechanical marvel: put in a penny, find out your weight. Seeing an opportunity, American manufacturers began producing their own, and by the 1890s, penny scales were popping up in movie theaters, groceries, train stations, drug stores — anywhere you might find vending machines. In essence, that’s what they were at this point: huge and decorative, they came with clanging bells or internal phonographs that would play a tune while weighing you. These early scales were less like medical devices and more like fairground amusements.
Within a few years, they’d evolved into slot machines: drop in a penny, guess your weight, and if you were exactly right you’d get your money back. But most of these machines were rigged one way or another. If you guessed wrong (which you almost certainly would), all you got was a ticket with your weight printed on it, along with your fortune. As all gamblers know, the house always wins — and that was no exception here. Penny scales were enormous moneymakers for both the growing scale-distribution companies and the shopkeepers or operators who maintained them. “Penny Scales Make Millions,” the New York Times declared in 1927, reporting that 40,000 penny scales had profited $5 million the previous year. Americans had stepped onto the scales 500 million times, the paper stated. But those were just the public ones. …
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The Gorilla Who Was Brought up as a Boy in an English Village
This is the incredible true story of John Daniel, who was no ordinary gorilla.
John Daniel with his school mates.
JOHN DANIEL WAS A YOUNG gorilla who was adopted by an English family in 1918 and brought up as a human boy in the village of Uley. He had his own room, went to school, and was fond of tea and cider.
His remarkable story came to prominence when Uley archivist, Margaret Groom, published John’s pictures in a recent book about the village.
But how exactly did this come about? And was he really just like another kid? (Spoiler for the latter question — obviously not, but more so than you would think.)
How did John Daniel end up in an English village?
The gorilla was bought from a London department store called Derry & Toms by a wealthy British major called Rupert Penny in 1917. Shops were very different a century ago. The ape cost £300, about £25,000 in today’s money (or about $34,000USD).
Its parents had been shot by French soldiers in what is now Gabon and the infant gorilla had been captured and taken to England. Major Penny named it John Daniel.
Like many people buying animals on a whim, the major realized he couldn’t look after it. So, in 1918, he sent the infant ape to his sister, Alyce Cunningham, who lived in a small village called Uley, in Gloucester. …
WHAT TO DO? Treat John Daniel as a particularly hairy child.
Ed. More tomorrow? Possibly. Probably. Maybe. Likely, if I find nothing more barely uninteresting at all to do.
Ed. Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. Always a day late (or more).