History

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The square flag: the curious story behind Switzerland’s most recognisable symbol

2 days ago Anya

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The silent soldiers with whiskers: how half a Million cats helped fight World War I

2 weeks ago Anya

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Before the runways, there were fields of flax: the ancient story behind the name Linate

3 weeks ago Anya

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• Music

The day music turned silver: 44 years of the Compact Disc

4 weeks ago Nathan

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What really happened inside mental asylums: the history no one ever tells you

4 weeks ago Leo S

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From desert canteen to summer icon: the extraordinary evolution of the Watermelon

1 month ago Danijel90

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Why Seven? The extraordinary story of the week that refused to change

2 months ago Danilo

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• Sport

The day the World Cup vanished: how a dog solved Football’s greatest heist

2 months ago Anya

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The Lambrate Sarcophagus: a remarkable discovery beneath Milan

3 months ago Anya

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Kottabos, the Ancient Greek drinking game that required throwing wine

4 months ago Adam

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Want you to merry a ghost? Here an definitive guide to your posthumous marriage with a dead!

7 months ago Danijel90

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Via Port’Alba: the 17th-century passageway home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world!

7 months ago Danilo

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When groundhog was on the menu of Pennsylvania

7 months ago Nathan

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Wire, house fires, feathers, toilet-cleaning brushes…with real (and fake) Christmas trees!

9 months ago Leo S

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Struwwelpeter: the 19th-century book that scared mid-19th century German kids into behaving

11 months ago Anya

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The curious story of the statue of a cursed knight that apparently come to life every 100 years

2 years ago Adam

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Seimei Stone of Kamakura – a curious slab of rock said to be both a blessing and a curse

2 years ago Pavel

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Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera – a short history of the world’s smallest national border

2 years ago Robin

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August 18 – The day of Austrian witches!

3 years ago Leo S

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• Science

Erwin Schrödinger between equations, cats and philosophy (and a life-size installation in Zurich)

3 years ago Leo S

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How the Nazis created Fanta

3 years ago Anya

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Wat Mahabut, the vibrant temple that honors a legendary ghost bride.

3 years ago Robin

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Behind the myth of 19th-Century grotesque ‘Tear Catchers’

3 years ago Leo S

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Salii: the jumping priests of Rome

4 years ago Adam

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The ancient wishing well of Germering

4 years ago Pavel

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Gauchito Gil: Argentina’s Cowboy Saint

4 years ago Danilo

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The Capacocha, Human sacrifices in the Inca Empire

4 years ago Adam

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Necropants and other extraordinary tales of 17th-century Icelandic sorcery

4 years ago Nathan

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• Myths and Legends

The spooky science of haunted mirrors and superstitious mirror mythology

4 years ago Leo S

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Belle Isle has been an amusement park, a train station, and a mall…all of them haunted!

4 years ago Leo S

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Bali: land of homes designed for harmony….and to keep demons at bay

4 years ago Leo S

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Crossed Letters – a vintage way to save paper (and money)

4 years ago Adam

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The mystery of the 2,500-years-old Ballachulish Goddess

4 years ago Adam

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Meet the Sibyl of the Rhine…and her recipe for ‘Cookies of Joy’

4 years ago Leo S

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Alfredino Rampi: the tragedy of little boy who died in well

4 years ago Danijel90

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Pizzeria Brandi: the birthplace of Pizza Margherita?

4 years ago Danilo

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The battle of Glen Trool: Robert the Bruce’s first victory over an English army in 1307

4 years ago Adam

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Haida’s Totems: the silent guardians of the Northwest coast of Canada

4 years ago Leo S

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How a special diet kept the Knights Templar in shape

5 years ago Adam

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Dances with snakes: the sacred dance of Hopi Indians

5 years ago Adam

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Gokstad Ship: the story of one of Norway’s most famous Viking ship

5 years ago Adam

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Benzaiten, the Japanese Goddes of love and all that flows

5 years ago Pavel