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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Can I Please Name My Firstborn Eclipse Glasses?

Forgive me. From Mental Floss:
In June 2001, a total solar eclipse was about to cross southern Africa. To prepare, the Zimbabwean and Zambian media began a massive astronomy education campaign focused on warning people not to stare at the Sun. Apparently, the campaign worked. The locals took a real liking to the vocabulary, and today, the birth registries are filled with names like Eclipse Glasses Banda, Totality Zhou, and Annular Mchombo.
So long Vlad, Vytautas, Ivy, Daisy, Polygraph, Mindaugas, Rickey Henderson and Barry Zito: meet new baby Eclipse Glasses!
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