They Properly Thought Theyd Shatter Like Glass
Once people genuinely believed theyd crack into shards if you so much as breathed on them, and the remedies were glorious daft.Read More 
That One Spanish Town Stuck In France
Llivia is a proper bit of Spain planted inside France because a 1659 treaty took its paperwork very literally.Read More 
Fell From A Plane, Walked Out Alive
Seventeen-year-old Juliane Koepcke plummeted from a lightning-struck plane, still belted to her seat, landed in the Amazon and walked out nine days later.Read More 
They Make Cheese From Donkeys And It Costs A Bomb
Somewhere in Serbia they make cheese from donkey milk and charge about six thousand dollars a kilo, and yes, that's real.Read More 
This House Kept Building, Honestly
A rich widow spent 38 years adding rooms, stairs to nowhere and doors that open into blank walls because a medium told her spirits were fussy and wouldn't leave her alone.Read More 
Bird Spit Soup? People Properly Pay
Folk pay hundreds for swiftlet saliva nests, soak the lot and eat it as a luxury tonic - I tried some and it was dead polite.Read More 
They Once Stopped People Dancing In Japan, Properly Daft
A postwar law meant to police nightlife actually made dancing after certain hours effectively illegal until it was reformed in 2015.Read More 
Them Kids Made A Language
A gang of deaf kids in 1970s Nicaragua just invented a proper language out of thin air, and the grown-ups had to take notes.Read More 
Darwin's Frog Raises Kids In His Throat, Honestly
One bloke of a frog literally carries his tadpoles in his throat until they pop out as frogs and you cant make this up.Read More 
Exploding Head Syndrome: That Bang In Yer Skull
Wake up to a cinematic bang inside your own dome? No, you werent robbed by a drum kit; its a sleep quirk called exploding head syndrome.Read More 