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@david_castleton@universeodon.com · 1d ago
Some feel the Isle of Man is named after Manannan, a sea god who protected the island by cloaking it in mist. The name may, however, come from a Celtic word meaning 'mountain island' and the god may have been named after the island rather than the other way around. From Man's highest point, it's said that on a clear day you can see 7 kingdoms - England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland & Man, plus the Kingdom of the Sea & Kingdom of Heaven. #FolkloreSunday #folklore #mythology #history #weird
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · 2d ago
#weird #strange #different #nicepics #bizarre
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@HollyCo26588808@universeodon.com · Mar 10, 2026
In 2013, NASA's Spitzer observed PMR 1, finding a structure that resembles a human brain. Today, JWST actually resolves the Exposed Cranium Nebula, revealing what's inside https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/jwst-dying-star-exposed-cranium/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark #stem #science #space #astrophysics #weird
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@david_castleton@universeodon.com · Mar 09, 2026
Real attempts to deal with 'dangerous corpses' persisted in England long after vampires had been made into literary and theatrical spectacles. Four years after the publication of 'Dracula', a Devon farmer is recorded as saying the coffin of a "troublesome" woman would be buried upside-down so "her can on'y diggy downwards." During World War I, English soldiers are recorded as having buried a "huge, scowling" German facedown for the same reason. #gothic #folklore #mythology #vampire #vampires #death #history #paranormal #weird
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Mar 09, 2026
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@divergence001@mindly.social · Mar 07, 2026
Cyptotrama asprata, commonly known as the golden-scruffy collybia or spiny woodknight, is a species of mushroom found worldwide. Known for its fuzzy, almost alien appearance, when young, the cap is covered in dense, stiff tufts of fibrils that look like small, sharp spikes which wash off when it matures. It is found worldwide but absent in Europe and Northwestern North America. #weird #fungi #mushrooms #nature
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@david_castleton@universeodon.com · Mar 07, 2026
Painting of the Last Judgement from Haukipudas Church, Finland, by Mikael Toppelius (1770s). Notice the 'biting corpse' in the lower left-hand corner. Toppelius was known for incorporating folkloric material into his Baroque style and the biting corpse may represent local beliefs in what might be termed 'the restless dead', more commonly known as 'vampires'. This area of Finland may have been influenced by Scandinavian ideas about such revenants. #art #churches #folklore #gothic #weird #vampire #vampires #death #history #Finland #paranormal
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Mar 01, 2026
#weird #strange #different #nicepics #bizarre
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Feb 28, 2026
#weird #strange #different #nicepics #bizarre
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Feb 27, 2026
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@david_castleton@universeodon.com · Feb 26, 2026
In Richmond, North Yorkshire, legend claims a secret tunnel runs between the town's castle and a ruined abbey in the nearby hamlet of Easby. It's said that soldiers one day discovered a mysterious tunnel in the castle dungeons and - due to its narrow dimensions - decided to send a young drummer boy along it while they followed his beats from above. About half-a-mile outside town, however, his drumming ceased and he was never seen again. Folklore states that on dark quiet nights, you can still hear his drumming beneath Richmond's marketplace. Similar legends are found elsewhere. In Edinburgh, a tunnel beneath the Royal Mile was explored by a young piper who met a similar fate and the faint sounds of his bagpipes can also be heard in the wee hours. #Folklore #FolkloreThursday #BookologyThursday #history #mythology #Yorkshire #ghosts #paranormal #gothic #weird
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Feb 22, 2026
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@HollyCo26588808@universeodon.com · Feb 21, 2026
The last star will burn out, the last black hole will decay, and entropy will reach its maximum: a heat death. After all that, can any trace of our existence still persist? https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/will-anything-persist-when-universe-dies/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark #stem #science #space #weird
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@david_castleton@universeodon.com · Feb 21, 2026
John Cowper Powys was a highly eccentric British writer, whose extremely long novels explored folklore, landscape and mythology. Though some were set in the South West of England, Powys later reinvented himself as a kind of wizard Welshman. His magnum opus, Porius, is around 1000 pages long and features Merlin, King Arthur, the bard Taliessin, Neanderthal giants, the cult of Mithras, and an alchemical child. Two accounts of bilocation (being in two places simultaneously) are associated with Powys. In one incident, he promised to appear to a friend at precisely two o'clock the following day. At the appointed time, the friend looked up and saw Powys before his image slowly faded. The other account involved him appearing at a hotel to a nephew who had annoyed him, bursting through some doors and shouting "No tea! No tea!" The nephew later asserted there was no way Powys could have been at the hotel at that time. #literature #folklore #mythology #weird #paranormal #books #occult
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Feb 17, 2026
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@funhouseradio@mastodon.world · Feb 01, 2026
"The ewe's head and front legs were above the ice, with the backside of its body in the water." #weird #weirdnews #animals #wildlife #nature #rescue https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/01/30/Colorado-Parks-Wildlife-bighorn-sheep-river/2231769791682/
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Jan 31, 2026
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@funhouseradio@mastodon.world · Jan 29, 2026
Don't tell Clarence Carter! #weird #weidnews #it #tech #apps https://www.404media.co/app-for-quitting-porn-leaked-users-masturbation-habits/
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@cliff_spab@mastodon.social · Jan 28, 2026
There's room for all of us. #meme #memes #shitpost #bluesky #screenshot #socialmedia #society #weird #weirdo
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@wtrmt@mastodon.social · Nov 28, 2025
@nic221.bsky.social is Jakob still a credible reference? Have you seen his LinkedIn posts lately? #sexism #weird #UX
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