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Top 10 Nursery Rhyme Dark Origins

Most nursery rhymes that date far back, if not all of them, seem to carry a dark part of history with them.

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Gleaning the Meaning

There is no doubt that many Mother Goose nursery rhymes were created for entertainment, perhaps with no greater purpose than to lull children to sleep.  However, scholars of folk culture also believe that there are certain rhymes which were meant … Continue reading

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The Shearwaters

THIS. HAPPENED. Alfred Hitchcock’s classic THE BIRDS is, in part, inspired by a very real phenomenon that occurred in Santa Cruz, California in 1961. One night, inexplicably, thousands of sooty shearwater birds lost their minds, dive-bombing into homes and even … Continue reading

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Barbara Windsor: you’re more likely to hear a cockney accent in Essex than east London now

Jo Adetunji Managing Editor Barbara Windsor was the Cockney queen of EastEnders but you’re more likely to hear her famous accent in Essex now rather than London. The word “cockney” conjures up a plethora of London-based cultural expectations. Maybe you … Continue reading

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The Vibe Of Guadeloupe

Photographer Marie-Pierre Lambelin is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay.  From the project ‘Le Battement d’aile du papillon’.   I got bewitched by the the butterfly’s flapping wing, In the shade of the dormant volcano of … Continue reading

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In Russia – в России

A landmass so vast it’s hard to wrap your head around, spanning over 11 timezones and 2 continents, filled with otherworldly landscapes, countless discrete cultures and crowded cities with rather turbulent histories.On the one side, this film shows a slice … Continue reading

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Why Gongs Are So Expensive | So Expensive

The unmistakable sound of the gong has held spiritual significance in Southeast Asia for centuries. Hand-beaten from sheet materials, the labor-intensive shaping and delicate paintwork result in beautiful percussive instruments. Souvenir gongs can be bought for just a few dollars, … Continue reading

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400 years ago, visitors to this painted cave took hallucinogens

Research team member Jon Picciuolo documents quids (wads of chewed-up plant matter) that were stuffed centuries ago into crevasses in the walls of Pinwheel Cave in southern California. The painted pinwheel that gives the cave its name can be seen … Continue reading

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More Photos Have Emerged from the Massive Rock Art Discovery in the Amazon, and They’re Amazing—See Them Here

A Colombian-English team of archaeologists recently came upon a huge cache of rock art in the Amazon that shows humans and mastodons. Archaeologists recently discovered eight miles of painted rock face in the Colombian Amazon, sited along the Guayabero River. … Continue reading

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