People Who Drink Coffee Black May Have Psychopathic Tendencies
In this world of pumpkin-spiced lattes and ginger-snapped cookie mochas, there still are, believe or not, people who enjoy an unspoiled cup of steaming hot coffee. Around 35%, actually. But what how...
View Article16 Cases Of Canadian Club Whiskey Have Remained Hidden For Nearly 50 Years
Nearly 50 years ago, Canadian Club Whisky hid 25 cases of their whiskey around the globe and advertised clues to their location. A search ensued, but the locations proved to be too difficult; 16 of...
View ArticleThis Is What It’s Like To Live In The Coldest Town On Earth
Oymyakon sits at a 63.4608° N, 142.7858° E latitude, just a few hundred miles from the Arctic Circle. It’s dark — completely, utterly dark — for up to 21 hours a day during the winter, and the...
View ArticleEnglish From 1000 Years Ago Is Virtually Unrecognizable
English, just like other languages, continuously evolves. The changes to the language are slow enough that they are essentially imperceptible during a lifetime, but an English speaker of 500 years ago...
View ArticleLake Nyos: The Lake That Silently Killed 1700 People
On the night that it would kill, Lake Nyos looked as peaceful as always, its deep blue water silent and calm and bumping softly against the rocky shores of northwest Cameroon. The lake, sitting high...
View ArticleThe Isolated Asaro Mudman Use These Masks To Terrify Enemies
As the legend goes, the Asaro tribesmen of Papua New Guinea were once defeated by an enemy tribe and forced to flee into the Asaro River. Their enemies pursued them, so to avoid capture or death, some...
View ArticleThis Town Celebrates Christmas By Beating The Hell Out Of Each Other
Each year on December 25th, the citizens of the Chumbivilcas Province in Peru celebrate Christmas in a unique way – by wrapping their fists in tape and stepping into a ring to fight friends and family....
View ArticleThe Bizarre Pagan Ceremonial Costumes of Remote Europe
Across small snowy towns of Europe, strange animals dance atop the snow each winter as part of an annual celebration of the winter solstice and the coming spring. These “strange animals” are the...
View ArticleThese Women Cut Off A Finger Every Time A Loved One Dies
The woman of the Dani tribe of Papua New Guinea have long had a unique way to grieve the loss of a loved one – they cut off their own fingers. They call the ritual ikipalin. Getty Images The Dani...
View ArticleThe Shameful And Unbelievable History Of Human Zoos
Thankfully, most people today have never heard of a human zoo. But they were once real, even popular exhibits that were built to display humans, often in a so-called natural or primitive state. P.T....
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