Alex Malarkey was one of several children who claimed to have died and went to heaven as a kid. This fake story was sold as a book for Evangelical Christians. In 2015, he admitted that the book was all lies and criticized Christian booksellers for making money off “heaven tourism.”
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Fun Fact: Origin of the Name Kirk
The name Kirk actually comes from a Scottish word for church.
Fun Fact: Church Etymology
The English word church comes ultimately from the Greek word kuriakon meaning “lord’s house.”
Fun Fact: Origin of the Name Joseph
The name Joseph comes from Hebrew. Roughly meaning God gives or takes away.
Fun Fact: King Ferdinand’s Muslim Mistress
When King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ousted the Muslims from Spain, Ferdinand kept Muhammad XII’s daughter Aixa as one of his many lovers. She did convert to Catholicism and they had a son who became a knight.
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