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• Food
• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Lost something? Make this Greek Saint’s cake!

3 years ago Leo S

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• Breaking News
• Sport

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

3 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

August 22 – Pecan Torte Day

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

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

3 years ago Ivan

6 min read

• History

August 18 – The day of Austrian witches!

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Celebrated International left-handers day on August 13!

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Food

Pettuleipä and Scandinavian bark bread

3 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Food

Kalakukko, an edible carrying case for fish

3 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Travel

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

3 years 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!

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Food

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

3 years 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…

3 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

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

3 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

July 21: celebrate National Junk Food Day!

3 years ago randomcollabs

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Third Wednesday of July: celebrate National Hot Dog Day (and its history)

3 years 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 years ago Robin

4 min read

• Travel

The Thousand-Year Rose of Hildesheim Cathedral

3 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Sport

Mmabatho, the stadium with flying tribunes

3 years ago Robin

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The day of the Seven Sleepers

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

June 27: International Pineapple Day

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

June 18 – International Picnic Day

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Food

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

3 years 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

3 years ago Robin

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

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

3 years 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

3 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Travel

Kingsley Lake – the world’s most circular lake

3 years ago Robin

4 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

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

3 years ago Leo S

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

June 4th: celebrate National Cheese Day!

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

First Friday of June: National Donut Day

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• History
• Science

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

3 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• History

How the Nazis created Fanta

3 years ago Anya

3 min read

• History

Wat Mahabut, the vibrant temple that honors a legendary ghost bride.

3 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

Kiezu-no-hi (the Eternal Flame) and the stunning Mt Misen, Miyajima

3 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Food

Meet neua tune, the Half-Century-Old soup of Bangkok!

3 years ago Robin

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

May 25: National Wine Day

3 years ago randomcollabs

3 min read

• Food

Chongqing, hot pot and Pipa Yuan, the world’s largest restaurant that occupies half a hill and can serve up to 5,800 people at a time

3 years ago Robin

5 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Third Saturday of May: It’s World Whisky Day!

3 years ago randomcollabs

2 min read

• Food

Byakuya: world’s most expensive ice cream that costs $6696 per serving

3 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

Miffy Traffic Light of Utrecht: the cutest way to stay in traffic!

3 years ago Robin

3 min read

• History

Behind the myth of 19th-Century grotesque ‘Tear Catchers’

3 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Art and Photography

Julia Popova, the Russian artist who makes soap good enough…to eat!

3 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• Food

Neuzeller Klosterbräu, the German Brewery that revolutionizes beer industry with powder beer

3 years ago Pavel