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Famous Holbein portraits of Thomas Cromwell and Thomas More, mortal enemies in the court of Henry VIII, now separated only by a fireplace in a NYC room
An exquisite public garden in Madrid once belonged to royal family until Queen Isabella II forced to abdicate because of opposition to a female ruler
Wharram Percy: In medieval time, the people of this village mutilated their dead to prevent them from coming back to life
Hunter S. Thompson once pulled a bizarre birthday prank on his friend Jack Nicholson, so terrifying the actor hid in his basement
Its lighthouse automated in 1980, uninhabited Barra Head, originally named Bjorn’s Island, is set in Scottish seas so rough they test lifeboats there
The Witches Weigh House in the Netherlands: People accused of witchcraft went there to prove that they weighed too much to be able to fly
Tintin, the subject of 200 million comics sold, was likely based on a real 15-year-old
Ancient mound builder culture of northern Australia revealed, with many mounds containing human remains
St. Valentine: In the beginning, there was martyrdom, prison, plague, and a Roman emperor who liked to use his fists
The story of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ is as old as time, though in early versions Beauty’s own family was cold and cruel
