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Agloe, New York was an imaginary town that became real. Created on a 1937 map as a copyright trap (a fake location used to fool others copying the map), a visitor decided to open a store. Agloe became a real (if very small) location for 40 years, but the store closed and Agloe is now dead.

1. “Gropecunt Lane”, was an official street name given to those streets in medieval England where prostitution took place because it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street's function or economic activity taking place within it.

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We often encounter stories far stranger than anything film or TV can make up. While all true crime stories have a way of capturing the public's imagination, some have twists and turns that even the most skilled writers could not imagine. From huge plot twists to cases that prompt endless theorizing, these cases made us want to dive in deeper and find out more.The cases on... #truecrime #murdermystery #unsolvedcases #bizarrestories #crimeinvestigation #strangetwists #tragicevents…

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Any civilization will be incredibly influential and important but sometimes won't receive a lot of discussions, this is because there's nothing left to discuss at all. However, Historians and Archaeologists do their best to dig deeper into the stories of Ancient Civilizations

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01. In remote and secluded locations, witnesses have claimed encounters with gnome-like or elf-like creatures, often measuring no more than nine inches tall and bearing humanoid features. Some even describe these beings as remarkably hairy. In regions like Mexico and the Caribbean, duendes, small gnome-like entities, are said to intrude into the realms of ordinary humans, whether for pilfering food or for more enigmatic purposes.

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