oddities

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

September 26 – Johnny Appleseed Day

4 days ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

The creepy legend of the Donkey Lady at Old Applewhite Bridge in San Antonio, Texas

5 days ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

Fye Bridge: the place where scolds, strumpets (and witches) were punished

2 weeks ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

September 19th: Ahoy, maties! It’s Talk Like A Pirate Day!

2 weeks ago Leo S

3 min read

• Breaking News
• Motors

The great story of MudCrab, the Toyota Land Cruiser who drives 7 Km underwater and sets a new World Record

2 weeks ago Robin

3 min read

• Food

Bijin-Hime, tne “Beautiful Princess” of Strawberries that costs up to $350 per piece

2 weeks ago Pavel

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

September 13: National Fortune Cookie Day!

2 weeks ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Myths and Legends

Inuit mythology: the Qallupilluit

4 weeks ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

Yenidze, Dresden’s iconic tobacco mosque, and its story of deception.

4 weeks ago Pavel

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The month of September: holidays, curiosities and folklore

4 weeks ago Leo S

2 min read

• Breaking News

Third House Shit: the chocolate ice cream served in the most disgusting way possible

1 month ago Robin

4 min read

• Food
• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lost something? Make this Greek Saint’s cake!

1 month ago Leo S

2 min read

• Breaking News
• Sport

Nasra Abukar Ali: the Somali athlete who runs the slowest official 100-Meter race ever!

1 month ago Robin

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

August 22 – Pecan Torte Day

1 month ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Nokhur Cemetery, a cemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestones.

1 month ago Ivan

6 min read

• History

August 18 – The day of Austrian witches!

1 month ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Celebrated International left-handers day on August 13!

2 months ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Food

Pettuleipä and Scandinavian bark bread

2 months ago Pavel

2 min read

• Food

Kalakukko, an edible carrying case for fish

2 months ago Nathan

2 min read

• Travel

Putrajaya Roundabout, the world’s largest roundabout that has a circumference of 3.4 kilometers!

2 months ago Robin

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

First Friday of August is International Beer Day! Celebrate with some fun facts that (maybe) you didn’t know!

2 months ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Food

Stir-fried rocks: China’s (and not only) hardest Street Food

2 months ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

Would you live in an apartment building with over 20,000 people? If that sounds crazy to you, it’s real. And it’s in China…

2 months ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

Deep Sleep Hotel: Discover world’s deepest hotel that has you sleeping 419 meters underground!

2 months ago Robin

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 21: celebrate National Junk Food Day!

2 months ago randomcollabs

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 19: celebrate National Hot Dog Day (and its history)

2 months ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Food

Riga Black Balsam: there’s a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great!

3 months ago Robin

4 min read

• Travel

The Thousand-Year Rose of Hildesheim Cathedral

3 months ago Adam

2 min read

• Sport

Mmabatho, the stadium with flying tribunes

3 months ago Robin

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The day of the Seven Sleepers

3 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

June 27: International Pineapple Day

3 months ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

June 18 – International Picnic Day

3 months ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Food

Would you try this ramen topped with a scary deep-sea creature in Taiwan?

4 months ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Travel

Number 28 on Yongxing Jie, the curious story of the apartment building located in the middle of a busy overpass

4 months ago Robin

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Kambo – the controversial frog poison healing ritual that could potentially kill you

4 months ago arthurodas

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The curious story of Mihailo Toloto, the 82-Year-Old monk who died without ever seeing a real woman

4 months ago Pavel

2 min read

• Travel

Kingsley Lake – the world’s most circular lake

4 months ago Robin

4 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Fisgard Lighthouse, the first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada

4 months ago Leo S

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

June 4th: celebrate National Cheese Day!

4 months ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

First Friday of June: National Donut Day

4 months ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• History
• Science

Erwin Schrödinger between equations, cats and philosophy (and a life-size installation in Zurich)

4 months ago Leo S

4 min read

• History

How the Nazis created Fanta

4 months ago Anya016