Europe

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• People, mysteries and stories

The SS Great Britain and the mystery of Captain John Gray

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• Sport

Discover world’s smallest Football League that consists of only two teams!

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• Travel

Hum, the world’s smallest town with only two streets and three rows of houses

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• People, mysteries and stories

The black eyed child: the obscure story behind the legend that roams Cannock Chase

3 months ago Danijel90

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• People, mysteries and stories

Viking Sally, the story behind Baltic’s most ill-fated ship

3 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Martinmas, St. Martin’s Summer, Indian Summer, Old Wives’ Summer…what is it?

3 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 11: it’s Origami Day!

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 10: it’s time for Mārtiņi!

3 months ago Leo S

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• Myths and Legends

The Dobhar-chú, an Irish folktale

3 months ago Nathan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 8 is Cappucino Day!

3 months ago Danilo G.

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Beaver’s Moon: November Full Moon

3 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 6th: Celebrate Nachos Day!

3 months ago randomcollabs

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Bonfire Night or Guy Fawkes Day: what is the story behind this British observance?

3 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 4: celebrate National Candy Day!

3 months ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

November 3: celebrate Sandwich Day and its history!

3 months ago randomcollabs

8 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of November: holidays, fun facts and folklore

3 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Food
• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Soul Cake, the true Halloween treat of tradition for hungry ghosts

3 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Bobbing for Apples: History and how to keep this ancient Halloween tradition alive

3 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Dullahan – Headless Horseman of Celtic Mythology

3 months ago Danijel90

4 min read

• History

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

3 months ago Nathan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Dziady – Autumnal Granfathers: the slavic week devoted to commemorating the Dead

3 months ago Danijel90

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

October 25th: World Pasta Day

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7 min read

• History
• Myths and Legends

The spooky science of haunted mirrors and superstitious mirror mythology

3 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Sport

Armboxing – one of the world’s weirdest contact sport

4 months ago Robin

2 min read

• History

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

4 months ago Adam

1 min read

• Travel

The Broken Wheel – The Netherlands’ unique waterside residential area

4 months ago Robin

2 min read

• Food

Vagina-Flavored chips are on sale to millennials who ‘aren’t having sex’

4 months ago Robin

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• Food

Via Mari 10: world’s smallest vineyard that produces only 29 bottles of wine a year (that you shouldn’t drink)

4 months ago Danilo G.

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• Myths and Legends

The Story of ‘Syrenka Warszawska’ – the Warsaw Mermaid

4 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Food

Pierogi: a taste of Poland

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• Myths and Legends

Will-o’-the-wisp – ghost lights at night

4 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Baba Anujka, the story of the world’s oldest serial killer

4 months ago Danijel90

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

October 1st: International Coffee Day

4 months ago randomcollabs

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The Month of October: holidays, folklore and traditions

4 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Michaelmas: the day the Devil spit on blackberries!

4 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The season before winter is “Autumn” or “Fall”? :)

4 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

Eldon Hole, one of the Seven Wonders of the Peak

4 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• History

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

4 months ago Adam

4 min read

• Travel

Knucker Hole, the home of an ancient Sussex Dragon

4 months ago Leo S

5 min read

• History

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

5 months ago Leo S

2 min read

• Breaking News

The story of “Heavy-Fired” bread buns sold at English Market that people can’t stop talking about

5 months ago Robin

1 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Telise Marker Towers: two strange cones that are actually a system of old nautical navigation beacons

5 months ago Ivan