National Trivia day is the day where people share all kinds of little facts that almost nobody knows. It is mostly celebrated in the US, an Twitter is one of the places where you can follow along and also contribute your own trivia.
Dry January is a custom of abstaining from alcohol for the month of January, invented by Liam Kelly while at University in the early 90s, particularly practised in the United Kingdom
The custom, as a formal entity, appears to be relatively recent, being described as having sprung up in recent years even in 2014. Although the Finnish government launched a campaign called Sober January already in 1942 as part of its war effort. The term Dry January was registered as a trademark by the charity Alcohol Concern in mid-2014; the first ever Dry January campaign by Alcohol Concern occurred in January 2013. In the leadup to the January 2015 campaign, for the first time Alcohol Concern partnered with Public Health England.
In January 2014 according to Alcohol Concern, which initiated the campaign, over 17,000 Britons stopped drinking for that month. While there is controversy as to the efficacy and benefits of the practice, a 2014 survey by the University of Sussex found that six months following January 2014, out of 900 surveyed participants in the custom, 72% had kept harmful drinking episodes down and 4% were still not drinking.
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National Science Fiction Day is celebrated on the 2nd of January in the US, a date that was chosen to correspond with the official birthdate of famed science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. While it is not an official holiday of any sort, National Science Fiction Day is given some degree of credence by its recognition by organisations such as the Hallmark Channel and the Scholastic Corporation.
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The Mannequin Challenge is a viral video meme in which people stand still like mannequins. In these video’s you’ll follow the camera through a room of people who are standing still (like a freezeframe) in the middle of what they were doing. Often the video’s have background music too. The meme started on highschools in America, but has gone worldwide since then. There has even been a mannequinchallenge in the White House and in the International Space Station.
Blue Monday is a name given to a day in January (typically the third Monday of the month) reported to be the most depressing day of the year. The concept was first publicised as part of a 2005 press release from holiday company Sky Travel, which claimed to have calculated the date using an equation.
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Dabbing, or doing the dab, is a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously raises his arm and elbow while dropping his head. It looks like you are sneezing in your elbow.
Even though the dab is still very popular, it has been around since the beginning of 2015. Cam Newton‘s (a football player) started the dab movement by doing his dab move after a touchdown against the Titans.
Festivus serves as an alternative to participating in the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season. Originally a family tradition of Seinfeld scriptwriter Dan OKeefe – Festivus entered popular culture after it was made the focus of the 1997 Seinfeld episode The Strike.
Festivus is a non-commercial holiday’s celebration but it includes a Festivus dinner, an unadorned aluminum Festivus pole, practices such as the “Airing of Grievances” and the labeling of easily explainable events as “Festivus miracles”.
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The attorney general holds the power of attorney in representing a government in all legal matters. The attorney general is nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. There is no specific term for the attorney general – the president can remove him or her from the office at any time. The attorney general can also be impeached and tried by Congress if deemed necessary.
On the 20th December of 2016 DJ Snake (a French DJ) tweeted this phrase which gained 35.000 retweets and 18.000 favorites in only one day. DJ snake also commented in famous people’s Instagram accounts using this phrase. Other famous DJs such as Zedd, Yellow claw, Vinai, Chainsmoker also picked up on this and tweeted the “OM Teolet Om” phrase. Ummet Ozcan and Firebeatz created a short song featuring the “Telolet bus horn sound” remix. The phrase Om Teolet Om became hugely popular on twitter and Instagram was the #1 trending worldwide topic with over 600.000 tweets on 21st December 2016.
The Secretary of State is concerned with foreign policy and is considered to be the U.S. government’s equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs.
The Secretary of State is nominated by the President of the United States and is confirmed by the United States Senate. The Secretary of State, along with the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, and Attorney General are regarded as the four most important Cabinet members because of the importance of their departments.