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[IceWizard]

Tuesday 3 May 2016

World Asthma Day



World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. World Asthma Day takes place on the first Tuesday of May.

The inaugural World Asthma Day was held in 1998.

And

National Paranormal Day



Recognized around the world, this is a day to honor all those who believe in paranormal experiences as well as those who engage in paranormal activities.

Even if you are a diehard skeptic, you can still enjoy this day as an opportunity to hang out and watch scary movies.

HISTORY AND ORIGINS

Although there is no documented official history or origin of Paranormal Day, the term itself—paranormal—has been in the English language at least since 1920. It is believed that the term was coined somewhere between 1915 and 1920 to classify experiences that were outside the realm of normal scientific explanation.

The word itself comes from “para” meaning above and normal meaning standard. So essentially it refers to something above or beyond ordinary experience. It’s quite possible that the word paranormal came into vogue thanks to the efforts of Charles Fort.

He was an American writer and researcher that published a great deal of work related to unexplained phenomena during the 1920’s and 1930’s. He is collected thousands of paranormal anecdotes and is often considered the father of modern paranormalism.

Fort investigated a variety of reports including stories of poltergeists, mysterious levitations, spontaneous fires, crop circles and UFO’s just to name a few. He paved the way for today’s modern paranormal investigators.