Kayla Holcomb

[Dr. David I. Ramadan @DavidIRamadan]

So happy to see @ScharSchool @GeorgeMasonU Degree Ceremony several of my students receive their degrees. They are now felllow @MasonAlumni‼️

#MasonNation #GOVT409
💚💛💚💛💚💛💚💛💚💛

[Dr. David I. Ramadan @DavidIRamadan]

2/ …Special shout-out to all 50 students for their insightful contributions and enthusiasm throughout the term —especially those graduating 🎓next week; CONGRATS‼️

@EricOnTheRocks
Congresswoman @BarbaraComstock
Congressman @MorganGriffith
Professor @drehr
#GOVT510 #GOVT409
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[Dr. David I. Ramadan @DavidIRamadan]

Very grateful to Cindy Cunningham, founder of https://t.co/zvwMBdzW5w, for her presentation to my #GOVT409 class @ScharSchool tonight. Her insights into the 2024 General Assembly session were invaluable. Thank you @vaplan2018‼️

#politics #Virginia @GeorgeMasonU

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

@DavidIRamadan @ScharSchool @vaplan2018 @GeorgeMasonU Thank you @vaplan2018 for speaking with our class last night! I was definitely inspired 🤩
#GOVT409

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

@DavidIRamadan @deltoscano Thank you so much for giving us #GOVT409 your time and wisdom tonight! @deltoscano

[Dr. David I. Ramadan @DavidIRamadan]

I'm very grateful to my former colleague,The Honorable @deltoscano, previously the Democratic Leader @VaHouse, for speaking to my #GOVT409 @ScharSchool students. His book, "Fighting Political Gridlock: How States Shape Our Nation and Our Lives," is required reading for the class.

[Dr. David I. Ramadan @DavidIRamadan]

Very grateful to my friend, Mark Smith, @GeorgeMasonU former Director of Gov Relations, for engaging w @ScharSchool #GOVT409 last evening. He offered invaluable insights into this year’s General Assembly Session and shared his Legislative Rules to Live By. Enriching session‼️

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

@DavidIRamadan @TerryMcAuliffe @ScharSchool @GeorgeMasonU Thank you @TerryMcAuliffe for speaking with our class this evening! I really enjoyed your insights about finding and using your passion to help create an impact you can see on the local level, and the alligator story 🤭
#GOVT409

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

#HIST125B02Smr20
During the 13th century Pope Gregory IX insisted that black cats were associated with Devil worship & had them a lot of them exterminated all over Europe. This let the rat population to increase greatly, which helped the bubonic plague spread a few decades later

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

Maya Rudolph, Richard Rudolph, Mini Riperton, & Marc (Ringo) Rudolph

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

#HIST125B02Smr20
The song Lovin’ You by Mini Riperton was originally a lullaby or her daughter Maya Rudolph but when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and give 6 months to live, she sang both of her children’s name Marc & Maya in her last couple of live performances

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

#HIST125B02Smr20
The worlds oldest wine bottle is called The Speyer, dates back from 325 A.D to 350 A.D. The bottle has remained unopened and currently resides in the Pfalz Historical Museum collection in the German City of Speyer.

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

#HIST125B02Smr20
In 1386, a pig was executed in France.
In Falaise, France, a pig attacked a child’s face who went on to later die from their wounds. The pig was arrested, incarcerated, & sent to court where it stood trial for murder, was found guilty, and executed by hanging!

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

...even execute people using large blades fitted to their tusks.

In some parts of Asia this method of execution was still popular up to the late 19th century.

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

#HIST125B02Smr20

In Ancient Asia, death by elephant was a popular form of execution. Elephants are very intelligent and they were easy enough to train as executioners and torturers. They could be taught to slowly break bones, crush skulls, twist off limbs, or...

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

They terrorized the waters around China. The Red Flag Fleet were such a fearsome band of raiders, that the Chinese government eventually pardoned Ching Shih and her entire fleet – just to get them off the high seas!

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

The worlds most successful pirate was a woman! Her name was Ching Shih. Under Shih’s leadership, the Red Flag Fleet consisted of over 300 warships, with a possible 1,200 more support ships. She even had a possible 40,000 – 80,000 men, women and children.
#HIST125B02Smr20

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

#HIST125B02Smr2020
During the Victorian Era , doctors would Describe men to grow beards to keep them healthy.

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

#HIST125B02Smr2020
Sling bullets dating from the 4th century have been found to with the words “take that” inscribed on them

[Kayla Holcomb @Kayla_Holcomb_]

#HIST125B02Smr2020
New York City’s Washington Square Park used to be a graveyard and its mainly for burying unknown or indigent people when they died. There over 20,000 people buried there.