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in Dictator Swagger, Europe, News, Weird, Weird Stories, Weird World, WorldRevisiting 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 series of modern dictators to rise in Europe, serving as the Prime Minister of Italy from 1922-1943. Under Mussolini, Italy became part of the Axis, fronted by Nazi Germany and […] More
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in Europe, News, Weird, Weird Food, Weird World, World
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 first place. We present Hakarl – the food that stinks of piss. I’ll never forget when I first read about puffer fish from Japan and how many people it killed. […] More
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in Asia, News, Weird, Weird Stories, Weird World, World
Can North Koreans travel abroad (2020)
When it comes to North Korea, there is a lot of innuendo and outright lies when to comes to the country. Most of it negative, some a little more debatable. One of the most common myths is that North Koreans are forbidden from leaving the country. Weird World Wire went out to explore the question, […] More
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in Europe, News, Weird, Weird World, World
Women of the Kremlin
They say that behind every great man is a great woman, but surely this phrase also counts when the guy is not so much a great man too. In the west we are used to our leaders wearing women on there arms like a fashion accessory, but in Russia, this is much less the case. […] More
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in Americas, Weird, Weird Stories, Weird World, World
Rogers’ Rangers
In the US military and the Canadian Army, units named Rangers are a prominent feature. The Canadians have the Queen’s York Rangers and the US has their elite rangers special forces unit. What do both of these units have in common? They both claim to descend from Rogers’ Rangers, a highly trained militia from the […] More
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in Europe, News, Opinion, Weird, Weird Stories, Weird World, World
The Most Terrifying Music On Planet: Yugoslav War Turbo-Folk
It’s safe to say that by 1989, things were not going well in Yugoslavia. Tito had died in 1980 and, following his death, ethnic division was rife throughout the Socialist Federal Republic. Slobodan Milošević sought to increase Serbian influence over the six republics. Civil unrest broke out in Kosovo and the Serbian resistance to the […] More
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in Africa, News, Weird, Weird Stories, Weird World, World
Wakaliwood – The Slum Filmmakers
When you get woken up in the middle of the night by a film maker friend saying you MUST watch this, you wake up and you watch it. This was how I was introduced to Wakaliwood, the slum filmmakers from Uganda. Absolutely everyone has heard of Hollywood, most would known Bollywood and for those slightly […] More
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in Asia, Weird, Weird Stories, Weird World, World
If You Like Drugs Go to Cambodia Part 2
This is a guest post. Weird World Wire do not condone the use of drugs If you haven’t read the exciting Part 1 of this adventure in meth and other narcotics, check it out here! Anyway… Where were we? Oh, yeah: A word of advice on smoking a two foot long line of crystal meth. […] More
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