ONE of Western Australia’s most prized beaches will become home to a life-sized replica of Stonehenge under a controversial plan to attract more tourists.
Category History/Events
Secrets of the Great British Sex Clubs
For a history-loving traveler, stumbling on rare artifacts is exciting enough, but this sudden human connection to the past had me breaking out in a sweat. And this was just foreplay. I was here at the museum to inspect a whole cache of lewd memorabilia rescued from the raunchy British sex clubs of the 18th century.
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10 Uncanniest Irish Mythological Creatures
A clurichaun is a mischevious, booze-loving fairy related to (but not the same as) the leprechaun. Perpetually drunk, if you treat them well, they will protect your wine cellar, and if not, well, they’ll drink your cellar dry, destroy all your possessions, and run off your livestock just for good measure.
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Rare phenomenon: Once every 3000 years this flower appears
A recent Telegraph (March 2010) article, Rare Buddhist flower found under nun’s washing machine reported the appearance of the rare “Udumbara” flower, which according to Buddhist scripture blossoms every 3000 years before the coming of the next Buddha or Tathagata (which by the way can also mean the essential Buddha nature found in everyone.)
A nun, Miao Wei, found the cluster of 18 rare white flowers under a washing machine.
The Chinese practice of footbinding
The Chinese practice of footbinding, popular since medieval times, was banned only in 1911. Young girls’ feet were wrapped in bandages to prevent them from growing longer than 4 inches. By age 3, four toes on each foot would break, often leading to infection, paralysis and atrophy. Some elderly Chinese women today still show disabilities.
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