FC STROITEL PRIPYAT – Chernobyl’s Forgotten Football Team
The time was 01:23 am on April 26th 1986. The first explosion was quickly followed by a second sending the 1,000 ton roof of reactor...
LSD History and Impact on Culture
I imagine most of you have heard of LSD, also known as acid or Lucy. You probably picture the hippy movements of the 60s or...
Culinary Masochism of Vikings and Koreans: An Unlikely Dynamic Duo
I admit, I went a bit far with the title in terms of comparing two very different cultures. But you know what? Sometimes people from...
Principality of Hutt River to rejoin Australia
When you are a part of the micronational community, and yes that is a word, and yes we are a community, there are a few...
10 Weird Flags (2020)
Many a bayonet charge has been sent forward by a king on the battlefield fed lies by military corruption. When soldiers head off to sometimes...
The little known story of Ko Yong-Hui
Even if you are not all that into North Korea, there is a decent chance you would have seen, or heard of Chairman Kim Jong-Un....
Revisiting Pasolini’s Salò on Mussolini’s Birthday
Born on July 29, 1883, Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, referred to affectionately by his supporters as Il Duce (“The Leader”), was the first of a...
Hakarl – The Food That Stinks of Piss
There are a number of foods that are either so rancid, so poisonous, or both that you honestly wonder how they were discovered in the...