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Cao Bang cured sausage: mountain sun, spices and a kitchen in the cold season

28/10/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Regional specialties - Cao Bang cured sausage appeals through its deeply savoury meat, its measured amount of translucent fat and the smell of smoke or sun that belongs to the mountain climate. Behind each sausage lies a ..

Quick and Simple Tips to Keep Bathroom Mirrors from Fogging Up

31/07/2026
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Miscellany - Handy tips - After every hot shower, the bathroom mirror usually fogs up due to built-up steam, making it impossible to see yourself for shaving, applying makeup, or skincare. Having to wipe it repeatedly is ext ..

First Aid for 12 Common Situations When Backpacking

11/08/2026
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Miscellany - Health & beauty - Health note: This article only provides initial first aid knowledge for handling situations while waiting for medical assistance. It does not replace a doctor's diagnosis and treatment. In all serio ..

Stonehenge: How did Stone Age people transport and erect the stones?

13/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Stonehenge was not built in a single go. The ritual landscape on Salisbury Plain developed over many stages from approximately 3000 to 1600 BC, with circular ditches, burial pits, bluestones, and la ..

SCP-999 The Tickle Monster: the orange blob of gelatin that only knows how to love

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Among the thousands of anomalous files sealed in the archives of SCP Foundation, most describe creatures that make the blood run cold. But one name makes researchers smile whenever it comes up: SCP- ..

Building a shopping list from your menu so you buy just enough

14/09/2026
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Miscellany - Handy tips - Taking stock first and grouping the list by aisle makes the trip quick, cuts duplicates and helps you use everything up. This article focuses on steps you can apply straight away, while pointing out ..

Mexican corn and the tortilla: how nixtamalisation feeds an entire cuisine

26/09/2026
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World - World food culture - In Mexico, corn is not only an ingredient but a farming calendar, an indigenous memory and the foundation of a whole range of dishes. Nixtamalisation — cooking and steeping the kernels in an alkalin ..

[Hanoi] Introduction to a Thousand-Year-Old Pagoda with Unique Wooden Architecture

25/07/2026
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Miscellany - Life around us - Van Nien is a pagoda located on the western shore of West Lake, Hanoi. The pagoda was formerly named Van Tue, situated in Quan La hamlet, now Ve Ho village, Xuan La ward, Tay Ho district. Pagoda add ..

Ine Floating Town – A Dreamy Japanese Version of Venice

29/07/2026
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World - World food culture - The lesser-known small fishing village of Ine, located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, is attracting the attention of travel enthusiasts around the world for its beauty that rivals even the real Venice. ..

Tunguska 1908: What Exploded in the Skies Over Siberia?

14/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - On the morning of June 30, 1908, a streak of light tore through the Siberian sky and exploded over the taiga near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River. The shock wave flattened trees across more than 2,0 ..

SCP-1730 What Happened to Site-13: the dread inside a vanished Keter facility

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Among the thousands of classified SCP Foundation files, few leave a dread as lasting as SCP-1730 — code-named "What Happened to Site-13". This is not the story of a single monster but the chronicle ..

Man Moi Thao Dien reviewed: a Vietnamese shared table in a green garden setting

26/10/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Restaurant & hotel reviews - Man Moi Thao Dien aims at a Vietnamese shared table in a leafy setting, suited to a family meal or a group who want to sit for a while. Its strength is the way dishes from several regions can be sha ..

Vietnam's Most Dangerous Mountain Passes: Terrain Features and Best Times to Avoid

11/08/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - Mountain passes are what captivate backpackers, but they are also what claim the most lives. Most accidents on mountain passes do not result from high speed, but rather from riders not knowing what ..

Trans-en-Provence 1981: does a circular ground mark prove a UFO landed?

03/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - On 8 January 1981, Renato Nicolai at Trans-en-Provence heard a whistling sound, saw a small lead-coloured object leave his plot of land, and then found a circular mark. The police took samples and G ..

Fairy Circles in Namibia: Footprints of the Gods, Sand Termites, or a Battle for Water?

11/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Across a long strip of the Namib Desert, millions of nearly circular barren patches lie evenly spaced across a grassy carpet. Seen from above, they resemble a grid drawn with a compass. Legend calls ..

How to Control Appetite and Food Cravings

30/07/2026
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Miscellany - Health & beauty - Food cravings are a normal part of life, but when they occur too frequently or overpower your body's true needs, it is easy to eat more than necessary without actually being hungry. The good news is ..

[Hanoi] Introduction to the Over 1,000-Year-Old Pagoda with Unique Wooden Architecture

29/07/2026
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Miscellany - Life around us - Van Nien is a pagoda located on the western shore of West Lake, Hanoi. The pagoda was formerly named Van Tue, belonging to the territory of Quan La Hamlet, now located in Ve Ho Village, Xuan La Ward ..

SCP-093 The Red Sea Object: the mirror gateway into a ruined parallel world

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Imagine a small disc the colour of blood, apparently harmless, yet press it against a mirror and a whole other world opens in front of you: a parallel world utterly destroyed, unnervingly silent, wa ..

Nan Madol: Who Built Over 100 Islets with Basalt Columns?

27/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Nan Madol consists of more than 100 artificial islets off the coast of Pohnpei, separated by canals and encircled by massive basalt walls. The truly fascinating question is not what extraterrestrial ..

Impressions of Thành Nam

23/07/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - One of the cities in the Northern region that evokes the most emotions in me is perhaps Nam Dinh. When mentioning Nam Dinh, the first thought that springs to mind is that it is the birthplace of pho ..

How to cook ca kho to: deep flavour, whole pieces of fish and a glossy sauce

12/09/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Cooking guides - A good ca kho to is more than fish with an attractive brown colour. The pieces have to stay whole, the flesh just cooked and still moist, the sauce lightly glossy but not thick and gluey, and the ba ..