10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 23 December:
- Diana Berg was born on this date in 1987. Her twin sister Monica was not born until 30 January 1988. This is the longest recorded interval between the births of Twins.
- In 1991 two pilots in Florida decided to let the instruments fly the plane while they had sex in the cockpit. Design limits were exceeded and the wing fell off. The plane crashed and killed them both.
- In 1823, the poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement C. Moore ("'Twas Night Before Christmas...") was published anonymously in the Troy (New York) Sentinel.
- 1912 Keystone released its first "Keystone Cops" film. It was called Hoffmeyer's Legacy. The films were made until 1920.
- In 1888 Vincent Van Gogh cut off part of his left ear. He was suffering severe depression at the time, exacerbated by his companion Gauguin's decision to leave their lodgings at Arles after a row about the prostitutes in Arles who seemed to prefer Gauguin. Van Gogh delivered his ear to one of them, Rachel, who liked him more than Gauguin. She fainted.
- In 1848 The London Illustrated News published the first Christmas supplement with advice on ‘making the Christmas Pudding’.
- In 1672, astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered Saturn's moon Rhea. Rhea is 950 miles (1500 km) in diameter and has the most craters per unit area of any of Saturn's moons. The largest crater is 190 miles (300 km) in diameter.
- In 2010, a survey indicated that almost one third of Britons believe they have a guardian angel.
- In 1977, singer Cat Stevens converted to Islam, and changed his name to Yusef Islam.
- In 1972, the world record for consecutive push-ups was set by Richard Knecht. He did 25,222 on a hard surface. It took him 11 hours and 14 minutes.
New!!
A Superhero love story.
Sent away to school to get her away from undesirable company, Agnes finds herself homesick and lonely. A brief connection with Jason Warner leads to the teenage crush to end all teenage crushes. Jason is barely aware Agnes exists, but she plans her whole future around him.
It is only when they meet again as adults that the connection becomes mutual; but before it can develop, Jason makes a discovery which rocks his entire world. He needs time alone, away from everyone, including Agnes. When Jason is finally ready to go back to his old life, Agnes has moved on and he cannot find her.
Agnes is now a single parent to the remarkable Seraphina. The Power League want to harness Seraphina's powers for evil before the Freedom League become aware of her. Agnes has no idea her new colleague and friend is a supervillain with his own agenda, and his willingness to babysit is not as innocent as she thinks. As Incendio starts teaching Seraphina to use her powers, the Freedom League intervene. Little do they know that they have found one of their own.
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