The story behind the Irish Hills Towers: the height of each tower was raised to exceed the other in an ongoing battle between the owners
Bartitsu: an eclectic martial art and self-defense method originally developed in England during the years 1898-1902
The story of Herostratus, who gave his name to those who commit crimes in order to be noticed
The Bermuda Triangle is it really an area of mysterious & unexplained disappearances
Franz Kafka’s famous novel “The Castle” ends mid-sentence because of the writer’s untimely death
The famous ‘Capitoline Wolf’ symbol of the Roman Empire was made in the middle ages
Sherlock Holmes’s address was flooded with so many fan letters that they decided to hire a secretary
Purple owes its association with royalty to the high expense of creating the dye
Thames Town: Chinese town modelled after English market towns, with cobbled streets, Victorian terraces and pubs
Through a series of mistranslated texts, the Christian Church unwittingly accepted the Buddha as a Christian saint in the Middle Ages
