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Carnival of Ivrea. The battle of oranges. The square of the Chess during the throwing. On March 3, 2014 Ivrea, Italy.

Six Fascinating Festivals from Around the World

Cryogenic Norwegians and 100,000 oranges? Sign me up!

Frankenstein, Boris Karloff (1931). Directed by James Whale

The Real Science Behind Frankenstein

How Mary Shelley’s imagination came alive.

Scene from "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, 1843. The irascible, curmudgeonly Ebenezer Scrooge with the Ghost of Christmas Present, the third of the four apparitions that visit him on Christmjas Eve. From "A Christmas Carol" by...

Diagnosing 9 of Charles Dickens’s Most Famous Characters

Dickens had a knack for expertly portraying human diseases.

A broken egg shows its contents, an egg yolk and egg white.

10 Incredible Uses for Eggs

Eggs are for more than omelettes.

Portrait of Salvador Dali in front of painting "The Madonna of Port Lligat."

Famous Mustaches in History

We mustache you a question: Who had the greatest mustache in...

Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel

Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries

Is it art?

National Library, Buenos Aires, Argentina

9 Architectural Landmarks in Buenos Aires

Know before you go.

Great Wall of China. (UNESCO World Heritage site)

5 Famous Border Walls

If you build it, they won't come.

Shelves of traditional alcoholic Korean Soju

Spirited Away: 9 Liquors from Around the World

Get your drink on from Turkey to Peru.

false viper. Viper. Snake. Giant False Viper (Xenodon severus) in the Peruvian Amazon (aka Giant False Fer-de-Lance or Amazon False Fer-de-lance)

7 Bizarre Spa Treatments

Beauty may be skin deep, but the lengths we go to to achieve...

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

These works of fiction will leave you dreaming of the wonderful...

Golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis) aka golden frog, golden poison arrow frog or golden dart frog. Poison dart frog endemic to the Pacific coast of Colombia. Optimal habitat is the rainforest.

7 Awesome Frog Species of the Tropics

Web-footed friends.

Historic NYC Chelsea Hotel Feb. 3, 2012. This landmark hotel, known for its history of notable residents is located on 23rd Street was opened in 1884 in New York City, NY USA.

11 or 12 Things Remembered Well About the Chelsea Hotel

A who’s who of an infamous inn.

Harira Moroccan soup

Some Like It Hot: 9 Soups from Around the World

Dive into these delicious soups from all over the globe.

Working German Shepherd dog sniffing a suspecting package for drugs or explosives.

Working Like a Dog: 7 Animals with Jobs

Sit. Roll over. Diagnose this patient.

The cast of Downton Abbey season 4

Behind the Scenes: 7 Times Downton Abbey Stealthily Taught You History

Melodrama is timeless, but Downton Abbey adds historical...

tea. tea production. Camellia. Dried tea leaves in tea bag from tea plantation seeping in hot water in clear cup of tea. mug of tea. Camellia sinensis

Trivia with a Capital “Tea”: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Tea

Put the kettle on!

Sea horse or Seahorse, Hippocampus. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata, Class: Actinopterygii, Order: Syngnathiformes, Family: Syngnathidae, Subfamily: Hippocampinae

9 Fish Named After Other Animals

Evocative? Sure. Imaginative? Not really.

Norwegian forest cat relaxing in a tree

Vikings Helped Cats Conquer the World

A genetic study indicates that cats spread across the globe thanks...

Close-up of tobacco plants in Ontario, Canada. Tobacco, Nicotiana, cured leaves used after processing in various ways for smoking, snuffing, chewing, and extracting of nicotine.

7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

Think plants aren’t scary? Think again.

Denali (Mount Mckinley), Denali National Park, Alaska.

7 (or 8) Summits: The World’s Highest Mountains by Continent

Climbing each continent’s highest mountain is a major mountaineering...

Aerial view of road going along the mountain and ocean or sea. Drone photography from above

28 Places to See on Your California Road Trip

Know before you go.

Workers pressure cleaning rocks coated in oil from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, March 1990. In the intertidal zone, Prince William Sound, Alaska. pollution disaster

9 of the Biggest Oil Spills in History

Disasters of epic proportions.

The Great Depression Unemployed men queued outside a soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone The storefront sign reads 'Free Soup

5 of the World’s Most Devastating Financial Crises

And you thought misplacing your wallet was a financial catastrophe…