Europe

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• Food

Mämmi: traditional Easter pudding from Finland, best served untraditionally.

6 years ago Nathan

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• Food

Easter Lamb: in Sicily, Italy, it is sweet, caloric and made of almond paste!

6 years ago Robin

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Why do we have Easter bunny and Easter eggs?

6 years ago Ivan

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 12

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Święconka: the Polish Easter tradition artfully assembles symbolic foods, from bread to lamb-shaped butter.

6 years ago Nathan

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• Food

Mignon Chocolate Egg: the chocolates inside of real eggshells

6 years ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The ancient pagan origins of Easter

6 years ago Ivan

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 11

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• History

#April 10, 1633: The day bananas made their debut in England

6 years ago Robin

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 10

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 9

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The eternal sleep of Rosalia Lombardo

6 years ago Danijel90

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 8

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• History

#April 7, 1832: Joseph Thompson – the man who sold his wife

6 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 7

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 6

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Costumes, dancing, and food: Malanka is Ukraine’s biggest party

6 years ago Adam

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 5

6 years ago randomcollabs

4 min read

• History

The curious history of the Milan area that remained immune to the plague: an eccentric marquis, a witch or simply coal?

6 years ago Anya

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• Travel

The White Spring: a dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 4

6 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• History

#April 3, 1957: the computer that came by truck

6 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 3

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 2

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• History

Spanish Flu: the deadliest epidemic in human history

6 years ago Pavel

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – April 1

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• History

The remarkable story of Eyam’s self-quarantine in the 17th century

6 years ago Adam

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – March 31

6 years ago randomcollabs

4 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Friar’s Bush Graveyard: the big (and grisly) history of the oldest Christian burial ground in Belfast ~

6 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• History

#March 30, 1282: when Sicilian’s bells rang out for freedom

6 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – March 30

6 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – March 29

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – March 28

6 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• History

#March 27, 1887: Prince Albert Memorial’s architect died on this day

6 years ago Robin

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – March 27

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• People, mysteries and stories

#March 26, 1726: one of the most grisly murder cases in English criminal history

6 years ago Robin

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – March 26

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• People, mysteries and stories

The last execution in Iceland: a mysterious murder case that’s intrigued a country for nearly 200 years

6 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – March 25

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – March 24

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – March 23

6 years ago randomcollabs

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• Travel

10 hilariously bad reviews of Dublin’s Pubs

6 years ago Robin