From swallowing live fish to 'cure' asthma to bathing in hay these are the 'strangest' health remedies... that we know of

EXCLUSIVE: For centuries, people across the world have turned to weird and wonderful cures in the name of healing.
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Why myrrh?

An oft-mentioned spiritual reading holds that the gifts of the Magi were symbols of who the baby Jesus was: Gold was the sign ...

Today is Three Kings Day. Here's how Epiphany is celebrated around the world

Three Kings Day (Día de Los Reyes), or the Feast of Epiphany in the Catholic tradition, is a holiday that commemorates the day the three wise men — Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar — arrived with gifts ...

Where to buy Rosca de Reyes in the DMV — Plus the meaning of Día de los Reyes

On the twelfth day of Christmas, Three Kings Day or Día de Los Reyes is celebrated. Three Kings Day (Día de Los Reyes) or the ...

The joy of Día de los Reyes: How Epiphany is celebrated around the world

Three Kings Day (Día de Los Reyes), or the Feast of Epiphany in the Catholic tradition, is a holiday that commemorates the ...
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Jessica Mitford had every reason to side with power and refused

In twentieth-century Britain, the Mitford name became entangled with the rise of European fascism. On October 6, 1936, the ...
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9 strange historical coincidences experts still can't explain

Fiction Predicts Disaster In 1898, author Morgan Robertson penned a novella titled Futility, telling the story of an ...