What do you know about death in the Victorian era? Do you think these facts will surprise you? Mourning could become an entire lifestyle. When someone died, surviving relatives were expected to follow elaborate social rules governing clothing, behavior, socializing, and even how long they should remain in mourning. Black clothing wasn’t just a fashion …
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What do you think you know about the history of human experimentation? Do you believe that it was horrible? Anatomists sometimes obtained bodies illegally. Before modern laws regulated human remains, medical schools desperately needed cadavers for dissection. In 18th- and 19th-century Britain and America, “resurrection men” made money by secretly digging up recently buried bodies …
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Do you think you know these not fun facts about asylums? There are such crazy stories about the mental health field. “Treatment” could involve spinning patients around. Some doctors believed rapidly rotating a person in a chair could reset the brain and cure mental illness. Ice baths were used as psychiatric treatment. Patients might be …
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This is not your potato chips and chocolate kind of list, at least not just potato chips and chocolate. Do you think you know all the craziest chocolate combinations from this list? Chocolate + blue cheese + honey — Funky, salty, sweet, creamy, and ridiculously intense. Chocolate + potato chips + pickle juice — Salty …
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These wild brain things can actually happen and that makes them even more wild. Do you think you know what they are? The Belief That You’re Already Dead: Cotard’s Delusion Some people with Cotard’s delusion genuinely believe they have died. They may insist that their organs are missing, their body has stopped functioning, or that …
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Do you know these wild stories of women killing? Or maybe you have a story to add that isn’t on the list? A family mystery In 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found brutally murdered in their Massachusetts home. Lizzie, Andrew’s daughter, was accused of killing them with an axe. Prosecutors suggested financial and family …
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Do you know these stories of kidnapped people who escaped? It’s amazing they survived, they strength had to have been off the charts. Elizabeth Smart (2002) Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her home in Salt Lake City at age 14 by Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee. She was held captive for nine months before …
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Do you think these will be the craziest plans? People really are such interesting creatures. The Great Escape Using a Helicopter — Michel Vaujour (1986)French bank robber Michel Vaujour planned one of the boldest prison escapes ever attempted. While serving time in Paris, his wife learned to fly a helicopter and hijacked one, landing it …
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So what do you think the possible reason is that scientists might bring back the woolly mammoth because it seems more than a little nuts. Would you agree? Restoring Lost Ecosystems One major reason for bringing back mammoth-like animals is the idea that they could help restore ancient Arctic grasslands. Woolly mammoths once lived in …
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These 29 strange and unusual events from this year are too funny. Do you have anything to add to the list? Sheep invaded a German supermarket — About 50 sheep wandered into a Penny grocery store in Burgsinn, knocking over products and leaving employees scrambling to clear the aisles. A 12-year-old was caught driving — …
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