History

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Ile Sainte-Marie: Here lie the bones of pirates who terrorized the seas during the 17th and 18th centuries!

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• Advent Calendar.

5# Milanese Panettone: history, legends and traditions.

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• People, mysteries and stories

The “Pig” on the Lion of Lucerne: the invisible joke of an Unpaid Sculptor.

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• Advent Calendar.

4# The Legend of Sunken Bell

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• History

Peace between Athens and Sparta: an agreement signed only in 1996

5 years ago Adam

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• Advent Calendar.

2# Thomas Nast: the cartoonist who invented the Modern Icon of Santa Claus.

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• Advent Calendar.

1# Charles Dickens Wrote A Christmas Carol inspired by the London Children Poverty.

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• Abandoned Places

Mexico: the ruin of an abandoned convent in the “Desert of the Lions”~

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• Travel

Nagoro: the Japanese Scarecrow Village.

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• Abandoned Places

Villa Sultana was the first casino in Italy: what remains today.

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• History

The strange story of the friendship between Hitler and a Jewish little girl.

5 years ago Pavel

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• People, mysteries and stories

The illustrated guide of the ’30s that explained how not to die electrocuted.

5 years ago Pavel

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• History

3.500 years ago the Ancient Egyptians used an effective Pregnancy Test!

5 years ago Adam

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• Breaking News

Live: High Water in Venice.

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• People, mysteries and stories

The murder of Julia Thomas: the dismembered and boiled widow who shocked Victorian London.

5 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• History

Mummies of Cats and Scarabs: New Surprising Discoveries from Ancient Egypt!

5 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Switzerland: Leuk’s secret Charnel House~

5 years ago Leo S

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• People, mysteries and stories

“Just Do It”: the Nike Slogan inspired by the last words of a condemned to death.

5 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Time me, gentlemen! Robert Liston: the legendary Scottish Surgeon nicknamed “The Fastest Knife in the West End”.

5 years ago Pavel

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Nazca, Perù: the macabre Chauchilla Cemetery.

5 years ago Ivan

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• People, mysteries and stories

Pablo Eskobear: the incredible story of the bear that ate 40 kg of pure Colombian cocaine~

5 years ago Leo S

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Shirokorechenskoe: the Incredible Cemetery of the Russian Gangsters.

5 years ago Pavel

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Barti Ddu: 11 Rules from an Actual Pirate Code!

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Abandoned Places
• Travel

Exclusive: the sad fate of the historic Tokyo’s Tsukiji Fish Market.

5 years ago Anya016

3 min read

• Travel

Tashirojima: a paradise for cat-lovers in Japan.

5 years ago Anya016

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Jack O’Lantern: the Halloween Legend!

5 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• History

The William Wallace Monument, in memory of the Glorious Battle of Stirling Bridge.

5 years ago Adam

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• Abandoned Places

The mystery of the ghostly house along the Martesana watercourse.

5 years ago Anya016

2 min read

• History

Did you know that Ancient Greek Funerals were decked out in celery?

5 years ago Leo S

6 min read

• History

The cult of “Santa Muerte”: pre-Columbian deity venerated even today

5 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Food

Food and Drink on the Graves. A curious tradition~

5 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

Tokyo Skytree: an incredible view from 451 meters high!

5 years ago Anya016

4 min read

• History

Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl: the Tragic Legend of the Aztec Lovers who turned into Volcanoes.

5 years ago Adam

2 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Hachiko, the faithful dog.

5 years ago Anya016

4 min read

• History

Götz von Berlichingen: the legendary German Knight of the Iron Hand

5 years ago Adam

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• Travel

Colorow’s Cave

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• History

Göbekli Tepe: the most mysterious Archaeological site in the world.

5 years ago Ivan

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• History

Miracle Mike: The chicken that lived for 18 months without a head

5 years ago Pavel

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• History
• Motors

SVL: the Very Fast Soviet jet-propelled Train of 1970

5 years ago Adam

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Turnip Jack-o’-Lanterns Are the Root of Halloween traditions~

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Colorno: the sad story of suffering in the abandoned asylum.

5 years ago Pavel

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• People, mysteries and stories

Baunscheidt’s Lebenswecker: The 19th-Century “Life-Awakener”

5 years ago Pavel