Notes • June 29, 2025by johnataylor on TwosFun Facts—Sunday Edition: Months that begin on a Sunday always have a Friday the 13th in them. In Russian, the word for Sunday is Воскресенье (Voskreseniye), meaning Resurrection. In 321 AD, Roman Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday was to be a day of rest for all except those engaged in agricultural work. You can be fined up to $1,000 for whistling on a Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah. Cold Sunday is the name given to Sunday, January 17, 1982, when incredibly cold air swept into the U.S. from Canada and plunged temperatures across most of the States far below their existing all-time lows. The popular children’s book “The Cat in the Hat” by Dr. Seuss starts on a rainy Sunday afternoon. The popular song “Sunday Morning Coming Down” by Johnny Cash is about the experience of waking up hungover on a Sunday morning. The first Sunday of every July is celebrated as International Cherry Pit Spitting Day. Sunday is the most popular day of the week for watching television.