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He ordered a wife based on a painting. When she showed up, he called her a horse and tried to cancel the marriage. She kept the pension. #HenryVIII #Tudor #AnneOfCleves #Holbein #StrangerThanFiction
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He ordered a wife based on a painting. When she showed up, he called her a horse and tried to cancel the marriage. She kept the pension. #HenryVIII #Tudor #AnneOfCleves #Holbein #StrangerThanFiction
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Every autumn they build a hotel out of ice in northern Sweden. Every spring it melts back into the river. They have been doing this since 1989 and they never stopped. #ICEHOTEL #Sweden #EphemeralArchitecture #Arctic #StrangerThanFiction #Amazing
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Every autumn they build a hotel out of ice in northern Sweden. Every spring it melts back into the river. They have been doing this since 1989 and they never stopped. #ICEHOTEL #Sweden #EphemeralArchitecture #Arctic #StrangerThanFiction #Amazing
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Walter Morrison invented the Frisbee. His one request: when he died, turn him into one. His family said yes. He is still flying. #Frisbee #WeirdHistory #AmericanInventors #StrangerThanFiction #OddFacts
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A Japanese soldier kept fighting World War II in the Philippine jungle until 1974. Not because he was lost. Because nobody told him the war was over. #StrangerThanFiction #WWII #HirooOnoda #TrueStory #ForgottenHistory
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A Japanese Soldier Kept Fighting World War II Until 1974 Because Nobody Told Him It Was Over.
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A Japanese soldier kept fighting World War II in the Philippine jungle until 1974. Not because he was lost. Because nobody told him the war was over.
#strangerthanfiction #wwii #hirooonoda
A Japanese soldier kept fighting World War II in the Philippine jungle until 1974. Not because he was lost. Because nobody told him the war was over. #StrangerThanFiction #WWII #HirooOnoda #TrueStory #ForgottenHistory
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No screenwriter invented this. No novelist would dare. Stranger Than Fiction is real stories that sound completely made up — and every single one checks out. #StrangerThanFiction #UnbelievableButTrue #TrueStories #HistoryIsWeird #OddHistory
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There is an animal living in the world’s oceans right now that has, as far as scientists can determine, no upper limit on its lifespan. #StrangerThanFiction #BizarreWorld #ImmortalJellyfish #MarineBiology #UnbelievableFacts #Trending
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On a hot July afternoon in Paris, the Eiffel Tower is not where it was in January. It is taller. And it is leaning. #StrangerThanFiction #BizarreWorld #EiffelTower #UnbelievableFacts #ScienceFacts #Paris
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On a hot July afternoon in Paris, the Eiffel Tower is not where it was in January. It is taller. And it is leaning. #StrangerThanFiction #BizarreWorld #EiffelTower #UnbelievableFacts #ScienceFacts #Paris
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The Eiffel Tower Grows Taller In Summer. By Enough To Actually Matter.
https://econopass.com/eiffel-tower-grows-taller-summer/
On a hot July afternoon in Paris, the Eiffel Tower is not where it was in January. It is taller. And it is leaning. Both of these things are true, …
#paris #strangerthanfiction #bizarreworld
On a hot July afternoon in Paris, the Eiffel Tower is not where it was in January. It is taller. And it is leaning. #StrangerThanFiction #BizarreWorld #EiffelTower #UnbelievableFacts #ScienceFacts #Paris
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There is an animal living in the world’s oceans right now that has, as far as scientists can determine, no upper limit on its lifespan. #StrangerThanFiction #BizarreWorld #ImmortalJellyfish #MarineBiology #UnbelievableFacts #Trending
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The Immortal Animal That Scientists Cannot Figure Out How To Kill. It Simply Restarts.
https://econopass.com/immortal-jellyfish-turritopsis-dohrnii/
There is an animal living in the world’s oceans right now that has, as far as scientists can determine, no upper limit on its lifespan. When it grows …
#strangerthanfiction #bizarreworld #immortaljellyfish
This is not a historical curiosity. It is current law. Between 60 and 100 people request it every year. About half are approved. #Trending #StrangerThanFiction #BizarreWorld #FranceLaw #UnbelievableFacts #WorldOddities
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In France, You Can Legally Marry A Dead Person. The Requirements Are Surprisingly Strict.
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This is not a historical curiosity. It is current law. Between 60 and 100 people request it every year. About half are approved.
#trending #strangerthanfiction #bizarreworld
This is not a historical curiosity. It is current law. Between 60 and 100 people request it every year. About half are approved. #StrangerThanFiction #BizarreWorld #FranceLaw #UnbelievableFacts #WorldOddities
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🔁 Bad Religion ► Infected
Dust off your vintage flannels and turn the speakers up, because legendary Los Angeles punk rock trailblazers Bad Religion are taking us right back to 1994! To celebrate the 32nd anniversary of their milestone album Stranger Than Fiction, the band has just dropped a gorgeous, upscaled high-definition version of their iconic music video for "Infected." The Story Behind the Song: Written by guitarist Brett Gurewitz, "Infected" was a massive breakthrough that intentionally traded rapid-fire […]https://musicwayatx.com/2026/08/28/%f0%9f%94%81-bad-religion-%e2%96%ba-infected/
Die deutsche Übersetzung von Edwin Franks brillanter Romangeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts »Stranger than Fiction« ist erschienen (Übersetzer: Andreas Wirthensohn, Verlag: C. H. Beck). Es gibt also keine Ausreden mehr. Leseempfehlung!
Is it just me or does #Trump and the #EpsteinFiles thing totally give #illuminati vibes?
Some of these tags are here because I think there’s some interesting themes between these ideas.
#uspol #USPolitics #ActualEvilCabal #strangerthanfiction #worldnews #princeandrew #pdiddy #woodyallen #wealth #power #rkelly
An evilly mad and sinister oligarch attacking and kidnapping the elected leader of a South American oil rich nation sounds like it should be part of the plot of a classic James Bond movie but I guess if you elect an evilly sinister and mad oligarch to be #POTUS then it can become a reality.