Head Scratchers & Good Stuff to Know

The tallest tree in Wales had been damaged by a storm and was supposed to be cut down, but chainsaw artist Simon O'Rourke found a better solution to symbolize the tree's last attempt to reach the sky. Sign in to see full entry.

There was an old married couple that had happily lived together for nearly forty years. The only friction in their marriage was caused by the husband’s habit of breaking wind nearly every morning as he awoke. The noise would always wake up his wife and the smell would cause her eyes to water as she... Sign in to see full entry.

Similar to eggnog, Tom & Jerry was a favored holiday drink that my mother made during Christmas parties when I was a kid in the late 70s. It is popular in the midwest, so I am wondering how it made its way to our Oregon table. I guess that when something is really good, word travels fast. The... Sign in to see full entry.

World War I was a violent, bloody conflict that claimed the lives of more than 20 million people and wounded a further 20 million over its four-year span. However, "the Great War,” had something very special happen during its first year. While soldiers had been killing each other for many months, it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Maryland is a state that has no shortage of history or ghost stories, and one of the most famous ghosts is that of Big Lizz. Her haunting legend takes place in the marshes and swamps where a hotbed of paranormal activity and one angry ghost protects a massive bounty. The Greenbrier swamp is roughly... Sign in to see full entry.

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The Park of Monsters also known as “Parco Dei Mostri,” in the Garden of Bomarzo was not meant to be pretty. The Garden of Monster images was commissioned in 1552 by Prince Pier Francesco Orsini as an expression of grief duly designed to shock those who viewed the bizarre statues. The Prince had just... Sign in to see full entry.

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