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In 1953, two climbers conquered the 29,000-foot peak of Mount Everest fueled by mint candy 

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E.L. Hamilton Courtesy: The Vintage News Photo: Jamling Tenzing Norgay CC BY-SA 3.0 Surviving a summit of Mount Everest requires a daunting list of essential supplies that take months to assemble and costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. Among fueling necessities, however, is a decades-old British treat: the Kendal Mint Cake. In fact, the humble … Read more

پہاڑوں  کی شہزادی ایک دفعہ پھر نکل پڑی۔ قمر خان قریشی

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پہاڑوں کی شہزادی، سلینہ خواجہ، ایک بار پھر سے کچھ خاص کرنے نکل پڑی ہے اور اس دفعہ اسکے ساتھ پاکستان کی ایک اوربہادر بیٹی، ‘ثمر خان’ بھی ہے۔ یہ دونوں، سلینہ کے والد، یوسف خواجہ کے ہمراہ، ‘وادئ ہوپر’ پہنچ چکی ہیں۔ جہاں یہ چار روزہ قیام کے دوران بھرپور ٹریننگ کریں گی۔ اور … Read more

The dwarfs of Auschwitz: how the Ovitzes, a family of dwarfs, managed to survive the death camp

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Courtesy: The Vintage News  Nikola Budanovic In Nazi-occupied Europe, little people, or as is more commonly called, dwarfs, was to be under direct threat. The T4 Euthanasia Program targeted those who were disabled, mentally ill, mentally challenged, or suffering from hereditary growth disorders, and more than 300,000 perished in concentration camps or were simply given … Read more

An Atomic Age for kids

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Nuclear optimism in the 1950s spawned toys that promised to be a “seething scientific creation,” with some actually containing radioactive elements  Courtesy: The Vintage News Brad Smithfield Photo by: The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis CC BY-SA 3.0 Gone are the days when people were totally oblivious of the dangerous effects of radiation exposure when it … Read more

Ancient Greek explorer Pytheas may have discovered Britain and even the Arctic Ocean and Iceland

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Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 13, 2018 Boban Docevski Photo Credit: alchetron.com CC BY-SA 4.0 Exploration is a concept that holds a special place in the mind. We are driven by the wish to explore, to know the unknown. Even today, we need to find out many things about our planet; we are still missing pieces … Read more

At 800-year-old Berkeley Castle, the gardens are gorgeous but the stories chilling of pitiless murder of Edward II

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Jan 18, 2018 Kate Bulo Berkeley Castle. Author: Kathryn Yengel. CC BY-ND 2.0 Arguably the most enigmatic medieval building in all of England, Berkeley Castle is located in Gloucestershire. It has been home to the Berkeley family for more than 800 years and is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited castles in England. It … Read more

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