The illusion of meeting your doppelganger and switching your consciousness back and forth is called ‘heautoscopy’, and the case studies are the creepiest thing ever.
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The illusion of meeting your doppelganger and switching your consciousness back and forth is called ‘heautoscopy’, and the case studies are the creepiest thing ever.
Child beauty pageants are illegal in France, and punishable with up to 2 years in prison.
The world’s first licensed armless pilot is also the first armless black-belt.
In Liechtenstein’s last military engagement they sent 80 men and returned with 81 as they had made a friend.
SS Leader Heinrich Himmler frequently carried out occult rituals in an ancient German castle, and may have believed he was the reincarnation of Germany’s first king.
C-4 plastic explosive is so chemically stable it can be shot, microwaved, or even set on fire without exploding. Soldiers in Vietnam would sometimes use it for cooking fires, and, supposedly, would eat small amounts to fake illness.
Menstrual pads have been mentioned as early as the 10th century, in the Suda, where Hypatia, who lived in the 4th century AD, was said to have thrown one of her used menstrual rags at an admirer in an attempt to discourage him.