16 February

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 16 February:

1. On this date in 1999, a man bled to death in New Delhi after his wife stabbed him for demanding a second cup of Tea which she was not ready to serve.
2. Prohibition ended in the US on this date in 1933 as the 18th amendment was repealed.
3. In 600, Pope Gregory the Great issued a papal decree declaring that "God Bless You" is the proper response when somebody sneezes.
4. In 1568 the Spanish Inquisition passed a death sentence on an entire country, the Netherlands, for heresy.
5. In 1887 25,000 prisoners in India were released to celebrate Queen Victoria's jubilee.
6. In 1998, in Great Falls, Montana, a truck driver was ticketed for doing 104 miles an hour in a 45 mile zone. His excuse? He'd just washed his truck and was trying to dry it off.
7. In 1959, failed Baseball player Fidel Castro, 30, was sworn in as dictator of Cuba.
8. In 2017, hundreds of restaurants and other businesses in US cities had to close when activists called on immigrants to stay home from work, avoid shopping or eating out, and skip classes for #ADayWithoutImmigrants, to protest about Donald Trump's immigration reforms and highlight the immigrant community's contributions to the United States. Pity the UK didn't do this as well, then perhaps we wouldn't be stuck with such a draconian Brex-sh*t.
9. In 1980, the world's longest traffic jam occurred outside Lyons, France, stretching 109.3 miles. Though any day now, this record could be broken by held up lorries in Kent thanks to Brex-Sh*t.
10. In 1995, Oil of Ulay New Skin Discovery and Max Factor Active Response Cream was withdrawn from sale after reports of blurred vision. I'm wondering if that was an intentional ploy which was rumbled – blur people's visions so they can't see the wrinkles???

A superhero love story:

The Power of Love

Willow believes in crystal healing, cosmic  ordering  and the significance of chance  encounters. She believes there's a spiritual  explanation for everything. Except she struggles to find a reason why she can turn herself into  mist and create a wave of energy which can slam a would-be mugger into a wall. Or why the love of  her life left her for a mysterious woman in sunglasses, who then disappeared without trace.  

A chance encounter with Firebolt, leader of the Freedom League superhero team, in a Glastonbury coffee shop, does turn out to be significant. He offers her a new start and the chance to use her powers for good.

Servant is a Christian who has joined the Freedom League in order to use his teleporting power to serve God. He and Willow clash from the start, yet they are drawn inexorably to one another.

When Willow leaves the team abruptly for reasons unknown, Servant knows he must put her out of his mind and find a nice Christian girl to settle down with. He is about to propose to devout and straight-laced Ruth, when Willow returns and turns his entire world upside down.

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