In honor of this being my six hundredth blog entry, I've decided to continue the tradition of the anniversary Bloggy posts. The first was
the Bloggy 500, where I celebrated my 500th blog entry. The second was just in April -
the Bloggy 100,000 - celebrating my 100,000th visitor! These are like information marathons - I've collected a smattering of random information pertaining the number 600. So let's get this geek party started!
- The Mayan people of South America abandoned their remarkable cities in the jungle roughly 600 years ago.
- Researchers believe that the BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations - a genetic determiner for breast cancer - originated in common ancestors of Ashkenazi Jews approximately 600 years ago.
- Knitting is said to have developed in the British Isles 600 years ago.
- St. Andrews, Scotland - known as "The Metropolis of Golf" - originated 600 years ago as a pilgrim's village.
- Morris Dancing, a type of folk dancing using sticks and scarves, began in England 600 years ago.
- 600 years ago in the Long Valley area of California, volcanic eruptions in the Inyo chain of volcanos dramatically altered the landscape.
- 600 years ago, metals such as copper, lead, tin, and cobalt were obtained from ores in the Saxon mountain region.
- The Venetian Terrace, or “Terrazzo Veneziana” - an elaborate mosaic-style flooring technique - was first developed 600 years ago, and is still used today.
- The youngest and largest island in the Auckland Volcanic Field of New Zealand - Rangitoto Island - was created 600 years ago.
- Geoffery Chaucer, world famous poet and author of "The Canterbury Tales", died 600 years ago.
- Owain Glyndwr, the warlord crowned prince of Wales, died 600 years ago. Mr. Glyndwr is also the first winner of the Anniversary Bloggy "Coolest Name on the Bloggy Planet" award (awarded posthumously, of course.)
So there you have it! Do you have any interesting tidbits of information to share with the class that have to do with the number 600? Please, post a comment and enlighten us!
