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Subculture Series – “Straight Edge”

Straight Edge refers to a subculture within the hardcore punk music scene.  The principle ethics of the subculture are that its adherents abstain from the use of alcohol, tobacco, drugs, and recreational sex.  The term was coined in the 1980s … Continue reading

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Struck By Lightening More Than Anybody Else in the World

Roy Cleveland Sullivan of the United States is perhaps the only person to have been struck by lightning seven times.  His first lightning strike occurred in 1942 when he was in a look-out tower; he lost a nail on his … Continue reading

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World’s Oldest Mother and Father

Lohan – world’s oldest mother. In November 2008 Rajo Devi Lohan (no relation to Lindsay Lohan, we think!?) from India gave birth to her first child, at the age of 70.  While Lohan is the world’s oldest mother, the Indian … Continue reading

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Bizarre Ritual in Spain

A man wearing a demonic mask stokes a bonfire during carnival celebrations in Zubieta February 1, 2011. People from the north Navarran village and neighbouring Ituren dressed up in bizarre and terrifying costumes created mayhem and maximum noise levels to … Continue reading

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The Capgras Delusion

Capgras delusion is a disorder in which an individual believes that a friend or family member has been replaced by an identical imposter.  It is most commonly found in persons suffering from schizophrenia, but can also be found in those … Continue reading

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7 Shocking Cases of Feral Children

Feral children are instances when children or a single child grow up in an environment isolated from other humans, never learning social behaviors, symbols, and language.  Children often become feral after being abandoned or running away.  Perhaps the most well-known … Continue reading

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Desposyni: The Relatives of Jesus Christ

“I Pray For You” by Alexander Pogrebinsky The Desposyni are the relatives of Jesus Christ. It is believed that Christ’s relatives became followers of his teach-ings and later the leaders of the early Christian church into the third-century. In the … Continue reading

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Japanese Recluse Epidemic

Hikikomori is the Japanese phenomenon of withdrawing from society and living in almost total physical isolation.  The word literally translates into “pulling away and being confined.”   Though social withdrawal is not a distinctly Japanese phenomenon and there are millions of … Continue reading

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23-Year Old Nun Bound to Cross and Crucified in Romania

From a 2005 CBS report: The whispers started in April in the mind of the 23-year-old nun. In the heart of an Orthodox convent in Romania’s impoverished northeast, doctors say, Maricica Irina Cornici believed she heard the devil talking to … Continue reading

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Cambodian Jungle Girl

The so-called Cambodian jungle girl is a Cambodian woman who emerged from the jungle in Ratanakiri province, Cambodia on January 13, 2007. A family in a nearby village claimed that the woman was their daughter Rochom P’ngieng (born 1979) who … Continue reading

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