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The Shugborough Inscription and the Eight Letters Sparking Decoders' Debates

  • 08/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Beneath a relief at the Shugborough Estate lies a short sequence of letters commonly transcribed as DOUOSVAVVM—tantalizingly curious, yet far too brief to prove any single solution. The inscription ..

SCP-3199 Humans, Refuted: the Keter creature that breeds through horror

  • 20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the darkest archive of the most secretive organisation on the planet there is a file that makes even the hardest staff shudder when it is mentioned. It is SCP-3199 - nicknamed Humans, Refuted. Th ..

The Lost Roanoke Colony: What Does the Word CROATOAN Really Reveal?

  • 25/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - When John White returned to Roanoke in 1590, he did not find the 117 settlers he had left behind. The houses had been dismantled, a wooden palisade had appeared, and the word ‘CROATOAN’ was carved i ..

SCP-076: Able the Immortal - the ancient warrior who keeps returning inside a stone coffin

  • 20/06/2026
  • 4,885
World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the deepest sublevels of the SCP Foundation, where light almost never reaches, a stone coffin sits in silence. Inside is something researchers find both terrifying and impossible to forget: an an ..

How to make southern banh xeo: thin, crisp for longer and not greasy

  • 22/09/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Cooking guides - A good southern banh xeo has a thin shell with a crisp, lacy edge and a middle firm enough to hold the prawns, pork and bean sprouts without being as thick as a pancake. The yellow comes from turmer ..

How to make Hanoi bun cha: deeply fragrant, tender meat and a balanced dipping sauce

  • 24/09/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Cooking guides - Good bun cha needs two kinds of pork: belly slices with fragrant charred edges that are not dry, and soft, juicy patties, sitting in a bowl of warm dipping sauce with crisp green papaya. This recipe ..

What Should People with Diabetes Eat and Avoid? Nutritional Principles

  • 31/07/2026
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Miscellany - Health & beauty - For people with diabetes (type 2 diabetes), diet plays a role just as important as medication in controlling blood sugar. A well-balanced meal plan helps maintain stable blood sugar levels, prevents ..

The Phoenix Lights, 1997: a huge V formation, or two events merged into one?

  • 13/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - On the evening of 13 March 1997, thousands of people in Arizona described a formation of lights travelling from the north down towards Phoenix; later, a nearly stationary row of lights appeared sout ..

Sharing a Few Tips for Traveling to Tam Dao

  • 24/07/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - The weather in Tam Dao in August usually ranges from 25°C to 32°C. This is the rainy season, so there is a high chance of rain showers and thunderstorms, especially in the afternoon. Daytime weather ..

How Hotel Star Ratings Are Calculated

  • 30/07/2026
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Miscellany - Life around us - Basically, to be rated, a hotel needs to meet standards for service, amenities, cleanliness, location, and price. The hotel star rating system is widely recognized as a way to determine the overall ..

Three days in Quy Nhon: a plan for the sea, a fishing village and a real rest

  • 07/10/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - Three days in Quy Nhon are enough to take in the city beach, one cluster of spots along the coast and the rhythm of a fishing village, provided each day keeps to a single focus. The first day is for ..

Su Pan Village, Sapa – Discovering the Pristine Beauty of a Northwest Village

  • 23/07/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - Nestled in the poetic Muong Hoa Valley, Su Pan Village (also known as Su Pan Hamlet) is located in Su Pan Commune, Sa Pa District, Lao Cai Province. This is one of the few destinations spared from n ..

SCP-250 - The Dinosaur Skeleton: the Allosaurus fossil that moves and lunges at people

  • 20/06/2026
  • 4,876
World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the vast archives of SCP Foundation there are objects that destroy no cities and bend no reality, yet still raise the hair on your neck for one simple reason: they should have been dead for milli ..

Coastal camping in Vietnam: reading the tide, avoiding strong wind and leaving no rubbish

  • 29/09/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - A night in a tent by the sea can be beautiful, but a flat stretch of sand in the afternoon is not necessarily safe once the tide comes in. A shift in the wind, a thunderstorm, big waves and local ru ..

10 Landscapes Beautiful Beyond Human Imagination

  • 01/08/2026
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World - World food culture - If you ever have the chance to visit these places, you will be left in awe and even disbelieve your own eyes because the scenery unfolding before you is as beautiful as a painting. Dutch Tulip Field ..

SCP-096 The Shy Guy: the monster that hunts anyone who sees its face

  • 20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the dense catalogue of SCP Foundation files, few entities make the skin crawl through a rule as chillingly simple as this one: never look at its face. This is SCP-096, the entity nicknamed "The S ..

A weekend in Cao Bang: which route keeps you from getting worn out?

  • 29/09/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - Cao Bang involves long distances and sights that lie far apart. A sensible weekend should concentrate on the Ban Gioc and Nguom Ngao cluster, or on one other route, rather than trying to gather the ..

Cahokia: Why did ancient North America's largest city decline?

  • 26/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Around 1100, Cahokia featured a vast plaza, dozens of mounds, residential areas, and a population that may have rivaled many European cities of the same era. A few centuries later, this center grew ..

A gentle walk after a meal: how to start in a way that stays safe and comfortable

  • 23/09/2026
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Miscellany - Health & beauty - A gentle walk after a meal is a simple way to break up sitting time and fit movement into the day. The benefit does not come from walking fast on a full stomach, but from a pace that suits you, repe ..

[Photos] Trip to Vinh Hy, Ninh Thuan

  • 24/07/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - Vinh Hy Bay, located in Vinh Hai Commune, Ninh Hai District, Ninh Thuan Province, about 42 km northeast of Phan Rang – Thap Cham City, is one of the most beautiful bays in Vietnam with pristine natu ..

SCP-049 The Plague Doctor: the entity that cures "the Pestilence" with death

  • 20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Among the countless top-secret files of SCP Foundation, few names are at once so courteous and so hair-raising as SCP-049 — an entity in the shape of a medieval plague doctor who insists at every tu ..