Sunday, February 24, 2013

1. Animal farm is banned in some Islamic countries because of its focus on pigs.

2. Haman was hanged during passover. The date of Purim is the date haman had chosen to massacre the Jews.

3. In 2010, 99.74 percent of the Palestinians tried in military courts were convicted. (Nyt)

Saturday, February 23, 2013

1. The tune of the star spangled banner was originally a British drinking song (IOT)

2. The name of the ethnicity of Azerbaijani people is Azeri (AJ) 
3. Obama used an autopen to sign the 2011 extension of the patriot act (wiki)