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 […]
