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26 Weird Holidays And Bizarre Festivals From Around The World

April 11, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteFrom Japan’s Kanamara Matsuri penis celebration to the gigantic La Tomatina food fight in Spain, experience some weird […]

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From Bandit Queen To Parliament – The Incredible Journey of Phoolan Devi

April 10, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this sitePhoolan Devi escaped an abusive arranged marriage and embarked on a life of crime, intent on getting revenge […]

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33 China Facts That Will Boggle Your Mind

April 9, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteFrom the secrets of the Great Wall to the realities of its pollution nightmare, these interesting facts about […]

15 Gross Medieval Foods That People Actually Ate

March 8, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteFrom roasted cat to hedgehog, it’s safe to say that you probably wouldn’t be able to stomach most […]

Meet Marilyn vos Savant — The Woman With The World’s Highest IQ

March 8, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteMarilyn vos Savant took her first IQ tests at age 10, which recorded her off the charts intelligence, […]

The Colossus Of Rhodes — What Happened To This Wonder Of The Ancient World?

February 27, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Colossus of Rhodes stood for just 54 years, but its legacy lasted far longer than that. Historical […]

What’s The Weirdest Conspiracy Theory You’ve Ever Heard?

February 21, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this site Wikimedia CommonsFor years, people have been convinced that the moon landing never happened. Good news! Starting today, […]

Ancient Roman Boxing Gloves Discovered At Hadrian’s Wall [PHOTO]

February 20, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe gloves, though not a matching set, are the first of their kind to ever be discovered. The […]

Ancient Mexican City May Have Had As Many Buildings As Manhattan

February 19, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe settlement was first discovered in 2007, but new advances in imaging technology have uncovered more of the […]

44 Photos Of African Kingdoms Just Before European Colonialists Stormed In — And Just After

February 13, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteRarely-seen photos of African kingdoms taken just before and after European colonialists launched a wave of terror that […]

The Sad And Short Life Of Stuart Sutcliffe — The Fifth Beatle

February 13, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThere was a time when Stuart Sutcliffe, before he quit and tragically died, made the Beatles an actual […]

DNA Reveals Early Brits Had Dark Skin

February 7, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe DNA pulled from the fossil suggest that the earliest Europeans look nothing like scientists thought. The GuardianThe […]

When Exotic Animals Were Turned Into Furniture

February 7, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe craze for animal furniture came from the work of Rowland Ward, who was a talented taxidermist whose […]

Lost Mayan “Megalopolis” Uncovered In The Jungles Of Guatemala

February 5, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteAt its peak, the newly discovered civilization probably held about 10 million people, and was roughly double the […]

Rare 12th Century Samurai Sword Found In Attic

January 31, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe sword was pulled from the attic decades ago, but a recent ceremonial cleaning revealed it was a […]

Where Did The Google Name Come From?

January 25, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe history of the Google name can be traced back to a typo, an incredibly large number, and […]

15 Fictional Characters You Didn’t Know Were Based On Real People

January 18, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteFrom film to literature, these sensational fictional characters are actually more real that you would have thought. 1 […]

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World’s Longest Underwater Cave Discovered In Mexico [VIDEO]

January 17, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe diving group has been studying the cave system for over 20 years. [embedded content] After two decades […]

The True Story Of Gianni Versace’s Murder And Serial Killer Andrew Cunanan

January 15, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe assassination of Gianni Versace captivated the nation, but there was much more to serial killer Andrew Cunanan […]

21 Of The Best Netflix Documentaries You Can Watch In 2018

January 12, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteFrom commentary on animal activism to stories of war heroes that rescued thousands, the documentaries on this list […]

How One Artist Turned Cans Of Poop Into $300,000 Pieces Of Art

January 4, 2018 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteLet’s just say, Piero Manzoni’s concept art truly stinks. Wikimedia CommonsA can of Piero Manzoni’s shit, circa 1961. […]

The Disturbing Kidnapping And Captivity Of Sally Horner, Who Likely Inspired ‘Lolita’

December 23, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteIn 1948, 11-year-old Sally Horner was kidnapped and subsequently held captive by a pedophile for 21 months. WikipediaA […]

The Tale Of Ned Kelly, Australia’s Armored Outlaw

December 16, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe retaliation of the police and the inequality they were seen as upholding made many in Australian identify […]

Kindlifresserbrunnen: The Mysterious Child-Eating Statue Of Bern

December 12, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteWhile no one knows for sure why the Kindlifresserbrunnen was built, there are several theories as to why […]

The Story of Cudjo Lewis — The Last Living Slave Brought To America

December 8, 2017 All That Is Interesting 0

This post was originally published on this siteAs a slave, he went by the name “Cudjo,” a day-name given to boys born on a Monday, […]

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