3.500 years ago the Ancient Egyptians used an effective Pregnancy Test!
At the University of Copenhagen in Denmark there is a unique collection of Ancient Egyptian papyrus manuscripts. A large part of the collection has not yet been translated and still […]
Longyearbyen: the Norwegian town where it’s illegal to die.
Longyearbyen might just be one of the strangest and particular towns there is to visit in our planet. But that’s sure, it is the most Nordic part of the world. […]
Friday 17th. Why in italy is a day of bad luck?
Have you heard of the unlucky nature of the number 13? Especially when it falls on a Friday, and this in some parts of the world. But in Italy is […]
The images of the tragic accident of the Morandi Bridge in Maracaibo in 1964.
All over the world radio and television speak ablut Genoa where yesterday, August 14, 2018, collapsed for a structural failure the Polcevera bridge, known as the “Morandi”, for the surname […]
Centralia Ghost Town Church: stronger than the fire ~
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still standing! Over 50 years ago, a mine fire started below the small town […]
Uravan, Colorado: a buried uranium mining town ~
The story of this Old Mining Town: From the A Bomb to abandonment – the whole town was torn apart and buried in order to prevent an environmental hazard. Only […]
The Nuba Survival
In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the situation of the Nuba peoples of Sudan. This disturbing sculpture is made all the more powerful […]
A new lava island was born to Hawaii, but only for a few days.
Hawaii’s ongoing eruption created new land, but only for a few days… Last week, a small new island was born. Yes, a real island, surrounded by water and smaller than […]
Spanish Fortress: the castle of L’Aquila
The Spanish Fortress of L’Aquila know as “il Castello” by the Aquilans, is one of the most impressive Renaissance castle in Central/Southern Italy and was built in the 16th century, […]
Pylsur: Icelanders make a very, very good hot-dog!
Here we are: Compared to more intimidating Icelandic specialties, for example sour rams’ testicles or fermented shark, the three-meat Icelandic hot dog, named pylsur, is a more appetizing national dish, […]
Protect your library with terrible medieval Book Curses!
In the middle ages, creating a book wasn’t easy, and could take years: a scribe would bend over his copy table, illuminated only by natural light, because candles were too […]
The Ravens of the Tower of London: an ancient legend which has lasted for 400 years.
For many centuries the world-famous Tower of London, built in 1078 on the north bank of the Thames, is guarded by a small flock of imperial ravens, regularly enlisted in […]
Kostel svatého Jiří: the medieval church haunted by the ghosts!
Kostel svatého Jiří (St. George’s Church) in Luková, Czech Republic, has been neglected for more than 40 years. Believing it to be haunted, the congregation refused to set foot into […]
Donauquelle: the great Danube river starts here.
The start of the great Danube, which flows over 2,700 kilometers, through 10 countries, before to flows into the Black Sea, can be found in the small german town of […]
Jo Lido, the most advanced italian waterpark, over 20 years later.
It was the 90s, the years in which the waterparks were all the rage. This was built in record time in 1990 (work began in March, and in June of […]
Rocky Mountain Oysters: the “oysters” that doesn’t come from the ocean.
Here we are: If they are speaking about Rocky Mountain oysters, Cowboy caviar, or Prairie oysters, they not speak about a dish that come from the ocean. In fact, these […]
King Frederick William I of Prussia and his “obsession”…
King Frederick William I of Prussia, also know as “The Soldier King”, was undoubtedly a leader, skilled to running his country’s economy and the military. During his reign, between 1713 […]
Raw Herring Ice Cream: a dutch speciality.
Here we are: It’s unusual that someone speak about an ice cream parlor into the Netherlands’ national news, but that’s exactly what happened when Robin Alting started selling raw herring […]
Lizzie Borden: a Victorian-age mystery much discussed.
“Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whack When she saw what she had done She gave her father forty-one.” Exist this strange odd children’s rhyme and […]
Mawson’s Huts: Frozen in times.
Lost on the edge of Cape Denison in Antarctica, there is a small group of huts that were built by Australian antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson in the early 20th century. […]
Klever Gate: the towers that defied demolition, now a fairytale vacation rental.
A story with a happy ending that of these incredible tenacious 14th-century towers survived of a demolition and now a fairytale vacation rental. Built in 1393, these are the last […]
Finland: Salt Licorice Ice Cream.
Here we are: We are in Finland, where black licorice is intensified with a hit of salty, stinging ammonium chloride, and the resulting candy is a popular snack. So popular, […]
The curious case of Jeremy Bentham.
Following the request attached to the will, the body of the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham was embalmed and preserved after his death in 1832 by his pupil Thomas Southwood Smith. […]
Buy homemade pecan-pies in a vending machine: in Texas it’s possible.
Here we are: Today the vending machines are increasingly common all over the world. But just imagine a 24-hour vending machine restocked every day with homemade full-sized pecan pies! Impossible? […]
Anna Göldi: the last witch killed in Europe.
Did you read our story? Do you remember? In Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1324 Petronilla de Meath is burned at the stake because was probably a “witch”. The woman can not […]
Photostory of Alkimia Club: what’s left of a pizza restaurant with live music.
Since three years, but certainly since many and many more, on the trunk road Adriatica SS16, between the italian sea localities of Francavilla and Ortona, there are the remains of […]
The curious story of Michelin Guide: why a tyres company has been interested in restaurants?
Here we are: The Michelin Red Guide is the sacred text of cooking enthusiasts, and the nightmare of many chefs, where the opinions expressed on the guide can determine the […]
Petronilla de Meath: the Dramatic History of the first “Witch” burned at the stake.
Nearly nothing is known about Petronilla de Meath, except that she was the first woman to be burned at the stake as a witch, in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1324. It […]
Acid on the pool: just a story about Racism in United States.
It was 11th June 1964, and The Civil Rights Act, which guarantee equality among all men in the United States, would become law 20 days later, exactly on July 2nd, […]