Each year, on the sixth day of the lunar new year, the villagers of a town about 25 miles north of Vietnam's capital, Hanoi, organize a festival to honor their local guardian deity, Doan Thuong. The celebrations include traditional festival features such as a march and live music, but one part of the ceremony is not for the...
There is no evidence that Vikings wore horns on their helmets. Therefore historians believe that Viking warriors did not use horned helmets, but whether or not such helmets were used in Scandinavian culture for other, ritual purposes remains unproven. The general misconception that Viking warriors wore horned helmets was partly promulgated by the 19th century enthusiasts of Götiska...
Buddha sculptures stretch for as far as the eye can see. There are 8,000 of them in all and each and every one has been painstakingly carved from dead jujube trees. ...
A driver was saved from certain death by a rescue helicopter after her car plunged through a barrier and stopped inches from a 100-foot cliff drop. The 32-year-old woman is thought to have driven a silver BMW through a fence before careering towards the cliff face at North Landing in Flamborough, East Yorkshire. The car sped down the...
Footage has revealed the sparse and yet contented life of Daniel Suelo - the man who has chosen to live without money for the past 12 years. Suelo, now 51, renounced money in 2000, left his last $30 dollars in a phone booth and walked into the desert to start a new life in Moab, Utah. His way...
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1. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.5. How...
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