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  1. Today on the Almanac, we remember J.S. Bach with stories about coffee, billy goats, and pigeons' blood.
  2. Today on the Almanac, we remember the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and the origin of the Finnish celebration of Sleepy Head Day.
  3. Today on the Almanac, we remember the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland as well as a very specific disease caused by volcanoes.
  4. Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question from a listener about the best-selling books of all time.
  5. Today on the Almanac, we remember George Hensley and consider the American Holiness tradition of snake handling.
  6. Today on the Almanac, we remember the particularly tragic event in the south of France known as the War of the Camisards.
  7. Today on the Almanac, we examine the nexus between garden peas and Christianity.
  8. Today on the Almanac, we remember a man who fought the Pope by posting his complaints on the door of a church (but not that one).
  9. Today on the Almanac, we look at the Reichskonkordat signed between the Catholic Church and the Nazis in 1933.
  10. Today on the Almanac, we look at the Reichskonkordat signed between the Catholic Church and the Nazis in 1933.
  11. Today on the Almanac, we head back to 2001 to remember an important statement made by the Catholic Church regarding the Mormons.
  12. Today on the Almanac, we remember the Italian painter Caravaggio, who died on this day in 1610.
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