Coffin Birth
In short What it is: the expulsion of a dead fetus from the decomposing body of a pregnant woman. Scientific
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Tag: curiosita
The Walking Dead: the differences between the TV show and the comics.
In short The comic: written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics from 2003 to 2019, for 193 issues.
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Elmer McCurdy – urban legend becomes reality
In short Who: Elmer McCurdy (1880-1911), American outlaw. How he died: in a shoot-out with police in Oklahoma on 7
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Friday 13th and Friday 17th – origins of the superstition
In short Friday: considered unlucky for centuries, perhaps because it is the day Jesus was crucified. 13: linked to the
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Little Albert’s experiment
This experiment was conducted in the 20s by American psychologist John B. Watson and his collaborator Rosalie Rayner on a
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The bound feet
In short What it is: the binding of girls’ feet, practised in China for about a thousand years. Origin: probably
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Ma’Nene –The Indonesian festival of the dead, which is celebrated … by exhuming them!
In short Who: the Toraja, a people living in the highlands of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. What Ma’nene is:
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Red moon – the eclipse of the Super moon
In short When: the night of 27-28 September 2015; in Italy totality lasted from about 4:11 to 5:23 am. Why
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Mellified man – the mellification ritual
In short What it is: a legendary medicine made from a corpse left to steep in honey for a century.
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