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@funhouseradio@mastodon.world · 4d ago
"She seems to like bebop, like, the up-tempo, Charlie Parker-type songs." #weird #weirdnews #music #animals #birds #jazz #chicken #strange #taste https://www.npr.org/2026/04/17/nx-s1-5787934/the-worlds-oldest-chicken-is-reportedly-a-jazz-aficionado
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@david_castleton@universeodon.com · Apr 15, 2026
Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem 'Jabberwocky' may be based on the County Durham legend of the Sockburn Worm. This foul-smelling, poisonous dragon, who lived on an isolated peninsula in the River Tees, was beheaded by a local noble. Jabberwocky describes how "The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head, He went galumphing back." Carroll's father was the rector of the nearby village of Croft. In the village church is a carving said to have inspired the Cheshire Cat. #WyrdWednesday #folklore #literature #weird #mythology #gothic #history #poetry #poems #poets #churches
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Apr 12, 2026
#weird #strange #different #nicepics #bizarre
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Apr 06, 2026
#weird #strange #different #nicepics #bizarre
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Apr 03, 2026
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@david_castleton@universeodon.com · Mar 31, 2026
The theatrical harlequin character - an astute servant & nimble trickster - first appeared in Italy in the late 1500s. He's believed to have originated from a devil figure in French medieval mystery plays. This figure, in turn, was based on a folkloric demon, known as Hellequin, that scoured the countryside searching for damned souls to chase to hell. Devils often have trickster-like attributes in European folklore. This painting of a harlequin, from 1890, is by Paul Cezanne. #FairytaleTuesday #folklore #theatre #history #mythology #weird #gothic #art #arthistory #painting
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@stina_marie@social.horrorhub.club · Mar 30, 2026
Reposting my original #introduction from yrs ago since there are lots of new ppl & I'll be around here more again 🤘🏼 I love #books, #movies, #art, #podcasts, #music w a proclivity for #horror & the #weird / #eerie. I write #reviews & make #spooky & not-so-spooky art. I'm #autistic & wildly verbose abt things that enthuse me but simultaneously #introverted generally. Fascinated by the #odd, love #cosmichorror, #folkhorror & #hauntedhouses. I share things that I think are awesome. Is this enough?
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Mar 26, 2026
#weird #strange #different #nicepics #bizarre
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@maikel@vmst.io · Mar 23, 2026
Today on the joys of my new laptop: it seems the CMOS battery is death on arrival. Which means when I keep the computer in a sleep state that drains battery to the point of it shutting down, I get the very strange experience of the BIOS going back to default settings, with Secure Boot being re-enabled and me being unable to boot because I got rid of Windows. Strangely, all of the secure boot fields in the AMI (🤮) bios are greyed out, and randomly turning it off and back on, adding and removing admin (so BIOS access) and user (so PC booting permission) passwords and then removing them.... #Weird #BIOS #SecureBoot #Nixos
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@david_castleton__dup_57512@universeodon.com · Mar 15, 2026
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 · Mar 14, 2026
#weird #strange #different #nicepics #bizarre
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@HollyCo26588808__dup_31736@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__dup_57512@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__dup_57512@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
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Feb 28, 2026
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@ragnarteee@101010.pl · Feb 27, 2026
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@david_castleton__dup_57512@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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