Thor Day facts
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Thor Heyerdahl stated that ancient people from South America could have settled in Polynesia, but most anthropologists didn't believe him. So in 1947 he built a primitive raft and made the 101-day journey himself.
Thor's chariot was pulled by two goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr that Thor could eat and then resurrect the following day with his hammer if no bones were broken
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The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and the present day parts of Captain America: The First Avenger are all set in one week
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After Sunday (the Sun) and Monday (the Moon), every day of the week is named after Anglo-Saxon derivatives of mythical gods. i.e. Wednesday after Woden, or Odin, Thursday after Thor, and so on.
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Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi wrote the initial script for Disney's 'Moana' focusing more on Moana’s family relationships and adding irreverent, “very Pacific humour”. All that remains of his original script is “EXT: OCEAN – DAY”, jokes Waititi, but he felt the final product was “good”.
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It usually takes just about 25-35 days to shoot a film for Taika Waititi (director of Thor: Ragnarok)
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The days of the week in Germanic languages (e.g., English, German, Swedish) were mostly named by substituting the deities in the Roman names for Germanic equivalents. So dies Iovis (Day of Jupiter) became Þūnresdæg (Thor's day)
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4 days of the week are named after Norse gods. In particular, Thursday is named after the Norse god Thor (Thursday = Thor's Day). Wednesday is named after the head Norse god Odin (Wednesday = Wodin's/Odin's Day).
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Four of the seven days of the week in English are named after Norse gods (Odin, Thor, Tyr, Frigg). The names of those days in romance languages are so different because their days were named after Roman gods (Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter).
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The day "Thursday" got its name from the ancient Germanic god Thor during Roman times. "Thor's Day" was changed to "Thursday".
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Thursday is named after Thor: Thor's Day, Thorsday.
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In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl sailed on a primitive raft 5,000 miles, with 5 other men, for 101 days to demonstrate his theory that ancient people could have traveled from South America to Polynesia.
Thursday was named after Thor "Thor's day" - source
