Lion Thursday
December 4
Photo facts…
Male Lion portrait, Serengeti National Park, Ndutu, Tanzania.
Lion Video…
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The following facts came from The Fact Site.
5th December – Ninja Day.
We’ve thought about the horrors in the world, and celebrated the humble dice, “but where are the fun days?” I hear you cry. Well, cry no more, because it’s Ninja Day!
Now, it’s important to address one glaringly wrong stereotype about ninjas: they don’t wear black.
A ninja (or shinobi) was a covert agent or hitman in feudal Japan, and they dressed just like everyone else, in order to avoid detection.
The ninjas you’re thinking of actually originated in Japanese theater when stagehands dressed in black would come onto the stage to carry out effects and move scenery around.
Since all theater requires some suspension of disbelief, it was customary for the audience to ignore the presence of those dressed in black.
Western interpretations of this theatrical custom have led to the ninja we know and appropriate today.