Pavel

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Jack O’Lantern: the Halloween Legend!

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• History

The cult of “Santa Muerte”: pre-Columbian deity venerated even today

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• Travel

Vinárna Čertovka: the narrowest street in Prague has a pedestrian traffic light!

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• History

Miracle Mike: The chicken that lived for 18 months without a head

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• Travel

Longyearbyen: the Norwegian town where it’s illegal to die.

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• Abandoned Places

Colorno: the sad story of suffering in the abandoned asylum.

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• People, mysteries and stories

Baunscheidt’s Lebenswecker: The 19th-Century “Life-Awakener”

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• History

Venice and The Collapse of St. Mark’s Bell Tower

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• People, mysteries and stories

The girl tattooed with “The Garden of Earthly Delights” Isn’t what It seems to be!

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• Myths and Legends

Fairies: Mysterious ladies of the Celtic Folklore.

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• People, mysteries and stories

Mongrel Mob: the most terrible Gang of New Zealand.

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• Myths and Legends

The Moon Rabbit: an explanation about the Pareidolia of the lunar craters.

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• People, mysteries and stories

The Aircraft Disaster of the Canadian Airlines 108: the uxoricide with more Victims of History

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• Abandoned Places

The Mystery of the Medieval Fortress of Por-Bajin in Siberia.

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Bleikeller: eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

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• Art and Photography

27 Photos of Anne Geddes’ babies all grown up!

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• History

The migrants that led Roman Empire to collapse….

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• History

Madoc: the legend of the Prince of Wales who discovered America. True or false?

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• People, mysteries and stories

The cult of beauty: the cranial deformations of the Mangbetu tribe.

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• Art and Photography

Photographs from the Psychiatric Hospital of Cleveland in 1946

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• People, mysteries and stories

Bigger and More Beautiful? The curious labial deformations of the Mursi tribe.

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• People, mysteries and stories

Bethlem Bedlam: the London Horror Hospital

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• People, mysteries and stories

In the 16th Century, the Best Office Decor was a Tiny Rotting Corpse.

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• Art and Photography

The Boogeyman: 8 photographs for a disturbing Horror Story

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• Food

Koláč: how a delicious Czech pastry became a texan speciality.

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• People, mysteries and stories

The Frankenstein Castle where the Alchemist who inspired Mary Shelley was born.

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• Food

Cod: History of the Fish that changed the World

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• History

“Hy Brazil”: the History of the Legendary Island in the West of Ireland

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• History

The “Hospitals for the Dead” prevented the fear of being buried alive in Victorian times

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• People, mysteries and stories

Dìxià Chéng: the “Rat Tribe” who lives in the Underground City under Beijing

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• Travel

The “Bridge of the Devil” Rakotzbrücke is a fantastic optical illusion.

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• Abandoned Places

The strange story of the “Scottish Castle” on Pollepel Island in New York.

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• Art and Photography
• History

Victorian ‘Post-Mortem’ Photographs: truth or myth?

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• History

The true (and dramatic) history of Pocahontas: the first American Native died in England.

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• History

How the cat Simon earned a military medal.

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• History

The Codex Gigas: the Devil’s Bible.

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• Travel

The Danse Macabre of Hrastovlje: a very rare Medieval Fresco hidden until 1949

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• Travel

The Nuba Survival

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• History

The Ravens of the Tower of London: an ancient legend which has lasted for 400 years.

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• Travel

Donauquelle: the great Danube river starts here.

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• People, mysteries and stories

Lizzie Borden: a Victorian-age mystery much discussed.

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• Travel

Klever Gate: the towers that defied demolition, now a fairytale vacation rental.

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