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

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

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

Gaiola Island in Italy: a cursed little paradise from the days of Virgil to John Paul Getty

Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 14, 2018 Brad Smithfield “He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.” – Virgil. It is believed that small and beautiful Gaiola Island (Isola della Gaiola) is a cursed place. Knowing the fact that almost all of its past owners tragically died, mysteriously disappeared, or had bad fortune connected with their … Read more

تلاش، پر سوال کبھی مت اٹھانا۔ تحریر: پاوٗلو کوہلو ترجمہ: قمر خان قریشی

شری راماکرشنا ایک کہانی سنایا کرتے تھے، جس میں ایک آدمی دریا عبور کرنا چاھتا تھا مگر آس پاس کوئی کشتی یا پل وغیرہ نہیں تھا۔ وہ اسی کشمکش میں کھڑا تھا کہ گرو بیبھیشانا تشریف لے آئے، قریب سے ایک پتہ توڑا اور اس پر ایک نام لکھ کر، اس آدمی کی پشت پر … Read more

Personal diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the primary sources of the Great Fire of London in 1666, destroying 80,000 homes in three days

Feb 23, 2018 Domagoj Valjak The Great Fire of London by an unknown painter, depicting the fire as it would have appeared on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September 1666 from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf. Personal diaries are important to historians and sometimes the only genuine source of past events. The diary … Read more

World’s most expensive cheese comes from Donkeys. Qamar Khan Qureshi

Pule cheese, or just pule, is a cheese made from the milk of Balkan donkeys from Serbia. A distinctive dairy product of Serbian cuisine, pule is reportedly the “world’s most expensive cheese”, fetching 1,000 Euros per kilogram. In September 2013 the cheese was valued by a news source at $600 USD per pound. It is so expensive because of its rarity: there are only about 100 jennies in the landrace of Balkan donkeys that … Read more

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