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• Music

From “Monster Mash” to “Thriller”: the songs that made Halloween soundtrack history

2 hours ago Robin

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• Food
• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

T’anta Wawa: the baby-shaped bread that brings the living and the dead together

14 hours ago Danilo

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• History
• Music

The Titanic Violin: the love story behind the instrument that survived the shipwreck

23 hours ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The gentle giants of Autumn: inside the surprisingly friendly world of giant pumpkins

2 days ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Ferrara, Italy’s Pumpkin Capital: a centuries-old Autumn tradition

3 days ago Danilo

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• Music

Eros Ramazzotti at 63: the Italian voice that found a home around the world

3 days ago Danilo

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Tigh nan Cailleach: the mysterious stone family hidden in the Scottish Highlands

3 days ago Leo S

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• Music

Amy Winehouse: 20 years of Back to Black, the album that turned heartbreak into art

4 days ago Nathan

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• Music

Simon Le Bon: the voice that never stopped chasing the future

4 days ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Pumpkin Chunkin’: the curious American tradition of flying pumpkins

4 days ago Danijel90

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• Music

Katy Perry turns 42: from Gospel singer to global Pop superstar

6 days ago Robin

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• Food

Borsok: Kyrgyzstan’s golden bread that feeds the dead

7 days ago Danilo

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• Music

Buddy Guy at 90: the Blues legend who still has more to say

7 days ago Nathan

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• Music

iPod turns 25: the day Steve Jobs put 1,000 songs in your pocket

1 week ago Robin

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• Music

The day the music went silent in your pocket: the end of Sony’s Cassette Walkman

1 week ago Danilo

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• Myths and Legends

The Legend of Tommy Hodges: the Appalachian mystery hidden in North Carolina’s Pink Beds

1 week ago Nathan

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• Music

William Shatner, 95 and ready to music: Captain Kirk’s Heavy Metal mission!

1 week ago Nathan

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• History

Ida Dalser: the woman Mussolini tried to erase

2 weeks ago Adam

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• Music

Snoop Dogg at 55: the rap legend the took his unmistakable style from Long Beach to Lamezia Terme

2 weeks ago Nathan

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• Weather

Can insects predict the weather? The strange folklore of nature’s tiny forecasters

2 weeks ago Leo S

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• Music

Ne-Yo at 47: the hitmaker who conquered R&B and Pop

2 weeks ago Nathan

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• History
• Music

Chopin’s Heart: the composer who feared being buried alive

2 weeks ago Anya

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• Food

A leaf worth waiting a year for: Japan’s unusual Maple Tempura

2 weeks ago Danilo

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• Music

John Carpenter goes metal at 78: enter the dark world of Cathedral

2 weeks ago Nathan

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• Music

Pooh: 60 year of the album that started an extraordinary Italian music story

2 weeks ago Danilo

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• Music

Usher at 48: Mr. Entertainment and the Art of R&B Superstardom

2 weeks ago Nathan

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• Music

Cliff Richard at 86: the British music institution who outlasted generations

2 weeks ago Nathan

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• Music

Joey Belladonna at 66: then voice that helped define Anthrax

3 weeks ago Nathan

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• Music

Paul Simon at 85: the timeless art of a songwriting legend

3 weeks ago Danilo

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• Travel

El-Mo’alla: the forgotten Egypt that survived on a tomb wall

3 weeks ago Adam

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• Music

Daryl Hall at 80: the man who helped define the sound of Rock and Soul

3 weeks ago Nathan

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• Music

The end of an era. Ian Hill retires as Rock’s greatest legends begin to step away

3 weeks ago Nathan

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• Music

David Lee Roth: the voice, the showman and the diamond of Van Halen

3 weeks ago Nathan

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• Music

Rick Wakeman played piano for 150 bears — and they actually came to listen

3 weeks ago Nathan

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• Travel

Rocchetta Mattei: the castle where science, mystery and the devil met

3 weeks ago Danijel90

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• Music

Badmotorfinger at 35: the sound of Soundgarden at the heart of the grunge explosion

3 weeks ago Nathan

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• Music

Bruno Mars at 41: the showman who brought old-school soul into modern pop

3 weeks ago Nathan

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• Motors

Volvo Island: the car that was deliberately stranded on an Island

3 weeks ago Danijel90

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• Music

40 years of Reign in Blood: the day Slayer changed the meaning of extreme

3 weeks ago Nathan

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• Music

Thom Yorke at 58: the voice that made alienation beautiful

3 weeks ago Nathan

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• Music

The hidden sounds that make horror movies terrifying

4 weeks ago Anya

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Seven plants of October: folklore, spirits and the green world of the dead

4 weeks ago Leo S