Thursday 18 June Hijri New Year in Oman
This day is a public holiday in most Islamic countries and this year's date for New Year in each country along with the name of the day in that country
#HijriNewYearinOman#history#holiday#OccasionalDigest#Oman
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Five weekend plans you shouldn't share with your colleagues
IT’S only a matter of hours until office chat turns to what people are doing at the weekend. But probably keep these plans to yourself:
Passing out shitfaced
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Tuesday 16 June Awal Muharram in Malaysia
Awal Muharram, the beginning of the new Hijrah year, is a historic occasion for Muslims around the world.
While traditions for Awal Muharram will vary from
#AwalMuharraminMalaysia#history#holiday#Malaysia
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Monday 15 June Sacred Heart in Colombia
The full title of the holiday is 'The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus'. In Spanish, it is known as 'El Sagrado Corazón de Jesús'.
#Colombia#history#holiday#OccasionalDigest#SacredHeartinColombia
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All homeworkers naked
ALL homeworkers are completing their allotted tasks and attending meetings entirely naked, they have confirmed.
Across the country, anyone working from home is typing with their laptop mere inches from their
#OccasionalDigest
https://t.co/G3rO1XNPDG
VR headsets, and other technologies you got bored of after 20 minutes
ONCE it was the next big thing, now you can’t even Freecycle it. Were you one of the visionaries who bought a piece of the future that turned out to be a dusty pie
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https://t.co/n4463SiaNG
Saturday 13 June Feast of St. Anthony in Lisbon
Saint Anthony of Padua (August 15th 1195 – June 13th 1231) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and Franciscan friar who became a saint in
#FeastofStAnthonyinLisbon#history#holiday#Lisbon#OccasionalDigest
https://t.co/ra9clkU6tL
Text too small, and other legitimate reasons to give up on a book and go on your phone
THE sun is shining, out-of-office is on, it’s a perfect time to read a good book but you don’t want to. Use one of these excuses to squint
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https://t.co/JQGxzzJp5e
Friday 12 June Russia Day in Russia
Since 1991, this holiday in the world's largest country has changed its name twice. It was originally called 'Independence Day', though it was not
#history#holiday#OccasionalDigest#Russia#RussiaDayinRussia
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Come to Spain, to laugh at the people who'd normally be in Dubai
THE Spanish tourist board is encouraging Britons to visit this summer for a good chuckle at all those miserable because they cannot be in Dubai.
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https://t.co/r0t4tot81A
Thursday 11 June King Kamehameha I Day in Hawaii
There is some uncertainty as to when King Kamehameha was born with several years between 1736 and 1761 being proposed. What is known
#hawaii#Histor#holiday#KingKamehamehaIDayinHawaii#OccasionalDigest
https://t.co/6O80NuktLa
Man hates the snivelling maggot he becomes in covering letters
THE grovelling sentences a man comes out with when writing a covering letter disgust him to his core, it has emerged.
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https://t.co/qWLvrRmeXC
Wednesday 10 June Portugal Day in Portugal
Camões wrote Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads), Portugal's national epic celebrating the country's history and achievements. While it is only
#history#holiday#OccasionalDigest#Portugal#PortugalDayinPortugal
https://t.co/RIF3QzqWW8
Tuesday 9 June La Rioja Day in La Rioja Spain
This holiday marks the anniversary of the autonomous community of La Rioja's statute being approved on June 9th 1982.
#history#holiday#LaRiojaDayRiojaSpain#OccasionalDigest#spain
https://t.co/AaU2h3jsEq
Monday 8 June Emancipation Day (in lieu) in Tonga
Tonga is a Polynesian kingdom located in the Pacific Ocean, 1,250 miles north of New Zealand. It is composed of over 170 South Pacific
#EmancipationDayTonga#history#holiday#OccasionalDigest#Tonga
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Past-it old bastard referring to you both as 'people our age'
AN old and decrepit man is under the mistaken impression that you and he are contemporaries.
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Sunday 7 June Sette Giugno in Malta
Malta's position in the Mediterranean sea has made the islands a strategically important location since classical times, with the islands passing from one
#history#holiday#Malta#OccasionalDigest#SetteGiugnoinMalta
https://t.co/0XZzMZM2t0
Why I gave up being a fashion editor to become a bricklayer, and why the answer is wealth
By Hannah. Not her real name, You know, of the Berkshire Tomlinsons
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https://t.co/VUQVgiO7yh