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In 1754 Bethlehem’s Moravian community was a subject of wonder, interest and some suspicion.

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Weird but fascinating facts about everything from the guy who dragged cars with his nipples to frogs shedding (and eating!) their own skin.

This tale dates back to the 18th century.

This tale dates back to the 18th century.

Klaus Störtebeker and his pirate companions the Victual Brothers terrorized the Baltic Sea until the very end and today Klaus is more famous than ever!

The Swedes scored the largest naval victory in their history over the Russians, but it didn’t readmit them to the club of great powers.

These Very Famous People All Died at the Dinner Table Theres an old Catalan proverb that says "The table kills more people than war does" — and there are certainly plenty of famous food-related deaths throughout history. Monarchs seem particularly susceptible: The early 12th-century English king Henry I is said to have died from a surfeit of lampreys (an eel-like fish); one of his successors, King John, was done in by a surfeit of underripe peaches. The 18th-century Swedish king Adolf Frederi...

Shutterstock Every year, as February approaches and thoughts of Christmas are long gone, European bakeries disrupt the bleakness of midwinter with windows and display cases filled with delightfully rich sweets seldom seen the rest of the year. The tradition is a hangover from the days when the Christian festival of Lent — which this year begins February 17 — meant giving up all that was good, like sugar, eggs, butter, and fat, for the 40 days prior to Easter. Though that tradition may have ...