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El Dorado: From the Muisca's Golden Ritual to the Dream of a City of Gold

03/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - El Dorado was originally closer to the image of a man covered in gold dust during a succession ritual than a city built entirely of gold. Through the accounts of the conquistadors, that objective gr ..

SCP-106 The Old Man: the rotting figure that walks through walls and its grim pocket dimension

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Among the countless top-secret files of SCP Foundation, few names raise the hair on the back of the neck like SCP-106 — the entity staff refer to by a chilling nickname: "The Old Man". A blackened, ..

Rendlesham Forest: "Britain's Roswell" and the lights among the pines

14/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Over three nights at the end of December 1980, American servicemen at RAF Woodbridge and Bentwaters reported strange lights in Rendlesham Forest. The memo written by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Halt, ..

SCP-500 Panacea: the small bottle of pills that cures anything, and what that costs

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Imagine a small, worn bottle of pills sitting quietly inside a cold safe deep underground. Inside are red tablets that can cure any human illness in a matter of hours. Not a miracle, not a fairy tal ..

Understanding the Hippie Lifestyle

29/07/2026
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Miscellany - Life around us - The hippie movement, sometimes spelled hippy or known by a less common name as flower children, is a movement advocating a lifestyle shift from traditional to unconventional across many aspects. Thi ..

The Loch Ness Monster: what is left after the blurry photo, sonar and eDNA?

04/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Loch Ness holds water so dark, so deep and so long that a ripple in the distance easily turns into the back of an enormous creature. Nessie is famous not because of a bone or a carcass, but because ..

Ogopogo and n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔitkʷ: a lake monster, or a Syilx sacred being?

17/08/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Canadian tourism calls Ogopogo a long-bodied monster living in Okanagan Lake. The Syilx people, however, emphasise the name n̓x̌aʔx̌ʔitkʷ and its meaning, "Sacred Being of the Water". Settlers renam ..

Why do Mekong Delta kitchens so often combine sweet, sour and hot in one dish?

01/10/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Regional specialties - Sweet, sour and hot in a Mekong Delta kitchen are not three separate straight lines. They are adjusted so as to lift the fish, the vegetables, the fruit and the broth, reflecting what the region pro ..

Checking into a hotel: 12 things to look at before you open your luggage

03/10/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Restaurant & hotel reviews - Ten minutes of checking as soon as you take the room helps you find faults early, makes changing rooms easier and avoids arguments at check-out. There is no need to be fussy; just follow a clear seq ..

Comparing Arabica and Robusta Coffee: Which One Tastes Better?

30/07/2026
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Miscellany - Life around us - The preference between Arabica and Robusta coffee usually depends on personal taste and the intended use of the coffee. Both types of coffee have distinct characteristics and flavor profiles, and it ..

SCP-035 The Possessive Mask: the Keter-class mask that weeps a corrosive fluid

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In the dark archives of SCP Foundation there are objects that destroy not with fire or force but with sweet whispers poured into a curious ear. SCP-035, also known as The Possessive Mask, is the emb ..

How to cook bo kho: tender beef, a clear glossy sauce and deep flavour

16/09/2026
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Culture & Cuisine - Cooking guides - A good bo kho has beef that is tender without falling apart, sinew that has turned just translucent, carrots that keep their shape, and an orange-red broth fragrant with lemongrass, star anise and c ..

Da Lat without chasing sights: a slow three-day plan with room to breathe

11/10/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - Da Lat easily tempts visitors to fill the schedule with cafes and photo spots. A slow three days should group activities by area, leaving time for the lake, the market, the pine forest and even for ..

SCP-610 - The Flesh That Hates: the outbreak that turns people into masses of living tissue

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Some terrors come not from the dark or a knock at midnight, but grow on your own skin. Among the classified files of SCP Foundation, few objects spread such deep revulsion as SCP-610 — given the spi ..

Brinicle: the "icy finger" that grows down to the seabed and freezes everything in its path

07/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Under polar sea ice, an icy tube sometimes grows straight down like an inverted stalactite. Inside it is a stream of extremely cold and dense brine. When this "finger" touches the seabed, a web of i ..

Bloop: The colossal sound under the Pacific and the answer from Antarctic ice

13/09/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - In 1997, hydrophones spaced more than 3,000 km apart across the Pacific Ocean recorded a very low-frequency sound so powerful that it was given its own name: Bloop. When the sped-up recording was po ..

SCP-343 "God": the all-powerful being who stays in his cell by choice

20/06/2026
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World - Mysteries & the bizarre - Among the thousands of chilling SCP Foundation files there is one entity that unsettles even the most seasoned researchers in an unusual way: not because it is dangerous, but because it is so utterl ..

One phone-free hour a day: a small gap for returning to real life

10/10/2026
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Miscellany - Life around us - A phone-free hour is not a war against technology. It is a small experiment to see how your hands, your attention and your conversations change when the device is out of reach. The value comes from ..

A corner of Phan Dinh Phung Street - one of the best places to fully experience Hanoi

23/07/2026
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Miscellany - Life around us - Phan Dinh Phung possesses a very unique beauty of Hanoi: shady rows of ancient dracontomelon trees, a straight street, and quiet French villas. Just taking a slow walk through, listening to the fall ..

Thung Nham Ecotourism Zone - Ninh Binh

24/07/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - Green tourism trend - A journey back to nature at Thung Nham Ecotourism Zone - Ninh Binh. Returning to nature is a great way to relieve the stress and hustle of modern life. Thung Nham adorns itself ..

Central Vietnam's beaches after high season: quieter, but what should you watch for?

05/10/2026
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Travel & Backpacking - Tips & sharing - After high season the beaches can be quiet, rooms are easier to choose and the pace of the town is slower. In return, the weather is changeable, services cut their hours and the sea is not suitable ..