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The escapades continue for Catalina/Antonio de Erauso in part 2. This part dives into her years as a ruthless soldier and an unapologetic flirt. Her talent for trouble follows her from battlefield to bedroom leaving a scandalous path. After one scandal too many, the other shoe drops - leading to the shocking revelation of who she really is
Links:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/203988/lieutenant-nun-by-catalina-de-erauso/
https://historyfacts.com/arts-culture/fact/la-times-spoiled-oscars/
https://www.factinate.com/people/catalina-de-erauso-facts
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The wild TRUE story of Catalina de Erauso, a nun who escaped the convent at age 15 and disguised herself as a male - eventually landing on the name Antonio de Erauso. Her audacious escapades while in disguise included drinking, gambling, getting into duels, taking women as lovers, running from the law, and leading soldiers into battle - eventually earning her the nickname, Lieutenant Nun
Links:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/203988/lieutenant-nun-by-catalina-de-erauso/
https://historyfacts.com/arts-culture/fact/la-times-spoiled-oscars/
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Some feel good stories about the havoc wreaking Neil the Seal, Batman on a subway in Milan, a cat being summoned for jury duty and more
Feedback - Topic Requests - Questions - Story - email us at [email protected]
Links:
https://people.com/injured-lovebird-experiences-flying-again-with-custom-drone-11962865
https://www.vice.com/en/article/man-dressed-as-batman-made-subway-commuters-kinder-study-finds/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1eo0OLTgm8
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Ever notice how pretty people seem to have it all? Well, there’s an actual psychological term for that called Halo Effect. Conversely, there is also the Horn Effect - sorry non-pretty people
The brain likes to take shortcuts and when you meet someone for the first time it’s doing just that - giving what psychologists have dubbed ‘Halo vs Horn Effect.’
Halo is when you notice a person looking like a whole snack and suddenly everyone assumes they’re kind, brilliant, emotionally stable, and probably volunteer on weekends
Horn is where one awkward moment, bad outfit, or off‑vibe convinces you someone’s a walking red flag
We’re talking dating disasters, first‑impression lies, and why your brain insists on turning tiny details into full personality profiles
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Links:
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-halo-effect-2795906
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Ah, FB Marketplace - an online flea market with endless opportunities of the weird, bizarre, and aggressively unnecessary. A gold mine or an abyss? Yes.
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Top 12ish weird disturbing things people did in the 1800s…and have we really changed??
Body snatching, Bloodletting, BellaDonna and more
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Links:
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/body-snatching
https://www.britannica.com/topic/body-snatching
https://www.history.com/articles/post-mortem-photos-history
https://www.oldwest.org/old-west-hangings
https://factually.co/fact-checks/justice/historical-precedents-public-executions-united-states-33ca3d
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How animals see the world
Links:
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/colors-animals-see
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-do-other-animals-see-the-world.html
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Across the United States, thirteen scientists - all with ties to nuclear labs, aerospace programs, and classified research - have vanished or died under mysterious circumstances. Some walked away from their homes without phones, keys, or wallets. Others disappeared on routine hikes. A few were found months later in remote wilderness. And several left behind unsettling messages about stress, surveillance, or unexplained symptoms…
Are these cases tragic coincidences, or signs of something deeper? We break down who these scientists were, what they were working on, and why their disappearances have captured national attention. From high‑security clearances to exotic propulsion research, from wilderness mysteries to federal reviews, we explore the facts, the speculation, and the unanswered questions that keep this story alive
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Links:
https://www.michaelrcronin.com/post/retired-los-alamos-national-laboratory-employee-anthony-tony-chavez-remains-missing-nearly-a-year
https://uapmurders.com/uaps/Details/Anthony_Chavez/
https://lamag.com/crimeinla/melissa-casias-family-drops-private-investigator-hires-powerful-new-mexico-law-firm/
https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/family-pushes-for-answers-after-melissa-casias-found-dead-in-forest-hires-lawyer-to-investigate/
https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/missing-melissa-casias/
https://lamag.com/crimeinla/melissa-casias-family-drops-private-investigator-hires-powerful-new-mexico-law-firm/
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“Sit down, shut up or F off. The man in the coffin has a few things to say.”
Inspiring words from the one and the only Coffin Confessor
Aka Bill Edgar - the man who actually gets paid to crash funerals. Have something you need to get off your chest or want done at your funeral? Bill’s got you
Not much is off limits as Bill makes it his life mission to complete these deathbed wishes on behalf of his soon-to-be-RIP’d clients
We have the story how Bill literally fell into this line of work and the stories of said confessions
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Links:
https://www.billedgar.com.au/
https://open.spotify.com/episode/26k0RTEFQwd0N2yBNtM8Gh
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About anything and everything except politics, religion, and few other things.
Be kind, stay curious, and that'll do.