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21 October 2026 06:15

🏍️ Looking for a psycho-thriller anime this October? Try “Durarara!” Ikebukuro, in downtown Tokyo, is home to some strange characters, including motorcycle gangs, yakuza, and the Russian mob, as well as the mysterious new gang called the Dollars.

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21 October 2026 06:09

🏛️ This is a cave on the Taenaran Cape, the southernmost point of mainland Greece! This area of Greece used to be the site of the city of Taenarum, which was home to an oracle of Poseidon. Accordingly, he had a temple there. In fact, the image above is identified as a sanctuary of Poseidon!

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17 October 2026 00:33

🦉 Everyone thinks of bats when they think of vampires, but maybe we should be looking out for owls instead.

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15 October 2026 23:34

🧛 Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’ classic vampire movie is heavily based on Aztec and Mayan mythology. ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ follows two criminal brothers, Richie and Seth Gecko, escaping to Mexico and encountering vampiric monsters who are not your typical Hollywood vampires.

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15 October 2026 06:23

🩸 Blood! We all have it. But where does the word come from? 🩸 The word “blood” can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic “blodam”, which just means blood, though some scholars think it goes back further to a Proto-Indo-European word that meant “to burst out!”