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9 Crazy Superstitions About Your Eyebrows

Your eyes, your skin complexion, and even the shape of your eyebrows can tell a lot about you according to folk beliefs and superstitions. It…

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10 Strange Bread Baking Beliefs and Superstitions

Bread, long a symbol of plenty, was an important part of people’s diets for well over 2,000 years (long before the gluten free diets of…

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10 Strange Ways to Give a Friend Good Luck

They say that giving is the way to self-fulfillment, so why not gift your friends and family some good luck? After all, a bit of…

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6 Historical Facts About Carousels

Carousels, also called merry-go-rounds, used to be found in nearly all the big cities and in numerous parks. Some carousels were large while others were…

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10 Forgotten Brutal Murders From Over 100 Years Ago

Murder is the deliberate act of taking another person’s life. At no point in human history has the act of murder been eliminated from a…

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4 Weird Blood Experiments From Over A Century Ago

The 1800s were a strange world when it came to medical experiments. Doctors, scientists, and curious neighbors were testing out all sorts of bizarre theories….

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Gegenschein: The Mysterious Glow Opposite the Sun

In the early 1900s, newspaper readers were captivated by reports of a strange light in the night sky—a dim, rounded glow that puzzled even the…

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The Magical Lore of Agate: 5 Surprising Beliefs from Folklore

Agate stones, with their swirls of color and unique patterns, have been treasured for centuries—not only for their beauty but also for their mystical properties….

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