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Dyatlov Pass: How Much Can a Slab Avalanche Explain?

19/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - On the night of February 1 to 2, 1959, nine hikers left their tent on the slopes of Kholat Syakhl in freezing cold. The tent was cut from the inside; bodies were found in several groups from the edg ..

20 THINGS "MADE FOR" HANOI WINTER

28/07/2026
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Miscellany - Life around us - 30 THINGS "MADE FOR " HANOI WINTER 😻 MUST DO THEM ALL UNTIL THE VERY LAST ONE Sip a rich egg coffee at Giang Cafe Eat grilled corn and sweet potatoes on the sidewalk. Nutty grilled sweet potatoes + ..

Hanoi as Autumn Approaches

24/07/2026
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Miscellany - Life around us - There is a Hanoi on the threshold of autumn On such beautiful days as autumn approaches, people often tell each other: It would be doing a disservice to the weather not to go out. So... my friend, d ..

Southern Delicacies. Part 11: Kien Giang

05/08/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Regional specialties - Kien Giang Fish Noodle Soup An indispensable ingredient in this dish is fish, but it must be wild snakehead fish. The fish entrails are cleaned to simmer the broth, while the cooked fish meat, strip ..

How to make cha gio that stays crisp, with an evenly cooked filling and no split wrappers

05/10/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Cooking guides - A proper cha gio has an evenly golden wrapper that is crisp and dry, with a filling that holds together and is completely cooked without weeping liquid. A split wrapper is usually not the rice paper ..

Banh da cua of Hai Phong: red noodles and a bowl of crab broth with the port city's character

25/09/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Regional specialties - Banh da cua from Hai Phong is recognisable at once by its reddish-brown noodles, its field-crab broth and the green of the vegetables and wild betel leaf. A bowl may be plain or have fritters, prawn ..

The Ghost Town of Kadykchan in Russia with Apocalyptic Artworks

29/07/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - You may not know about the ghost town of Kadykchan. This is a town located in Magadan Oblast, in the Russian Far East. Kadykchan was built using the labor of German prisoners of war after World War ..

Legio IX Hispana: a Roman legion lost in Britain, or posted east?

08/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Legio IX Hispana was once stationed at York and fought through ferocious uprisings in Britain. After the early second century its name disappears from the surviving lists of Roman legions. Novels an ..

Atlantis: A Real Sunken City or Plato's Philosophical Story?

04/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Atlantis is famous as a civilization that vanished beneath the sea, but the most certain starting point of the story is not an ancient map or underwater ruins: it is Plato's two dialogues, Timaeus a ..

Southern Delicacies. Part 13: Tay Ninh

07/08/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Regional specialties - Although Trang Bang tapioca noodle soup and pork-rolled rice paper have appeared in many places, come all the way to Tay Ninh to savor the authentic taste of the Southeast region. Trang Bang rice pa ..

SCP-231 Special Personnel Requirements: seven girls, Procedure 110-Montauk and a redacted horror

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the darkest corners of the SCP Foundation archive there are files that even the most hardened staff will not open a second time. SCP-231 - codenamed Special Personnel Requirements - is one of the ..

The Marfa Lights: Texas desert orbs and the test by spectroscopy

09/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - From the viewing area east of Marfa, people see points of light that change colour, split and merge, or glide across Mitchell Flat. Many of the everyday lights have been shown to be headlights on Hi ..

Review Sky Resort Hoa Binh: Located next to Thang Thien Waterfall, Mong Hoa, Ky Son, Hoa Binh

05/08/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Restaurant & hotel reviews - Located next to Thang Thien Waterfall in Mong Hoa, Ky Son, Hoa Binh, Sky Resort Hoa Binh still retains the pristine beauty of the mountains and forests, making it suitable for families and team buil ..

Morning light and your sleep rhythm: building a steadier wake-up schedule

06/10/2026
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Miscellany - Health & beauty - Light is one of the main signals the body clock uses to tell day from night. Exposure to daylight, particularly in the earlier part of the day, combined with a reasonably steady wake-up time, can su ..

How to cook chicken braised with ginger: warm and fragrant, tender meat and skin that stays put

11/09/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Cooking guides - Chicken braised with ginger is an easy home dish, but three things go wrong very easily: the meat dries out, the skin turns flabby, or the ginger is sharply hot without being fragrant. The trick lie ..

Ball lightning: the glowing sphere through a window, and a plasma problem with no agreed answer

07/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Ball lightning is described as a glowing sphere from a few centimetres to tens of centimetres across, lasting far longer than a lightning stroke, drifting sideways and then fading or exploding. Thou ..

WHAT IS WEST LAKE TO YOU?

25/07/2026
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Miscellany - Life around us - To many people, West Lake represents youth; for quite a few others, it is a livelihood; and for some families, it is a place to search for the remains of their grandparents and ancestors... West Lak ..

Ball lightning: a real glowing sphere or just an illusion after a flash?

10/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - After a lightning flash, witnesses sometimes describe a glowing sphere about the size of an orange floating through the air, lasting a few seconds before fading or exploding. There are accounts of i ..

1-Day Itinerary to Explore Su Pan

23/07/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - Morning 07:30 – 08:00: Depart from the center of Sa Pa town, traveling about 17 km to Su Pan village. Along the way, you can stop to admire the scenery and take photos of the terraced rice fields in ..

Nam Dinh's grandest hotel of the 1920s, as it stands today

18/06/2026
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Miscellany - Life around us - Few people know that in the middle of Nam Dinh there still stand the traces of a Vietnamese-owned hotel, the most luxurious in the city during the 1920s. Hotel Nam Viet on Tong Van Tran street was o ..

Danish smørrebrød: the open sandwich and the art of composing a lunch

11/10/2026
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World - World food culture - Smørrebrød begins with a slice of bread, usually rye, but what goes on top can make a lunch of many layers of flavour. The way the order is chosen, the ingredients combined and the whole thing eaten ..