Crinoline – a fashion that has cost the lives of 40,000 women
Crinoline is a cage-like structure that used to sit under skirts to support them and make them wider. This fashion,
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Incubi e succubi, alla scoperta dei demoni del sonno
Incubus and Succubus are sleep demons. They can infest both men and women, but while the Succubus absorb, the Incubus
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The Euthanasia Coaster was born from a project of 2010. This particular attraction was conceived on paper by Lithuanian engineer
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Lina Medina, 5 Years Old: The Youngest Mother in the World
There is plenty of strange medical cases in human history: some of them have very well documented evidence, while some
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Scraping of the eyes in China
The customs of other countries can sometimes seem strange, funny or disturbing. Disturbing is one custom of some parts of
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Marnie-Rae Harvey: the girl crying blood
Marnie-Rae Harvey is an English girl suffering from an unknown syndrome. She not only cries blood, but suffers from blood
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Self- inflicting skull drilling as a way to feel better
Medicine over the years has used many methods we today would call savage. Think, for example, of electroshock or lobotomy. There
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Marrying a corpse: the ghost marriages
Customs and traditions for a wedding can be very different depending on the country where you are located. This particular
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Mike the headless chicken
Do you know when you cut the head of a chicken off and this begins to run madly for a
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Brian Zembic: the man with the breast worth $ 100,000
What is the silliest thing you’ve ever done for a bet? Dying your hair bright pink? Shaving your head? Eating cat food?
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Pediophobia – Fear of dolls
The pediophobia is an irrational fear of dolls. Not just the horror ones, but all of them. This phobia is part of
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Do you know the true origin of Women’s Day?
And this year too March 8, International Women’s Day has come. It usually creates controversy, there are those who celebrates to
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