If you were lucky enough to remember the 80s, 'Stranger Things', the smash-hit Netflix series now released for its second season, is chock full of references to 80s music, tv, film and fashion. Even if you don’t remember the 80s, or you weren’t even born then, it's fun to try and pick out all the nods to that decade in the show. How many are you picking up in Season 2?
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The full list of songs used in the second season of the Netflix smash Stranger Things, listen to all the music with this Spotify playlist.
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Whether you believe the Enfield Poltergeist was evidence of a real haunting or not, there's no doubt that the story had an enormous impact at the time. After all, the media relies on public interest to sustain a story. The Enfield Poltergeist was widely covered in newspapers, books, radio and TV at the time and continues to fascinate. So how could this seemingly simple haunting have had such a large impact over such a timespan?
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Death, perhaps more than any other event in our circle of life, has plenty of strange and bizarre rituals associated with it. It's no surprise, all religions see it as a gateway of some form, leaving the realm of the living to that of the dead. Whether you treat the dead body as a temple, or you couldn't give a toss, there are a whole load of frankly stomach churning rituals associated with kicking the bucket.
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Every now and then someone appears in the world who seems out of place. No, we're not talking about Noel Edmonds. Here are three great examples of people whose existence has never been fully explained.
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Even if we don't believe superstitions change our life, many of us can't help but play along with them to some degree. Maybe avoiding treading on the cracks in the pavement, or believing a black cat brings you good luck, or bad luck, depending on where you are in the world. Well, there are several superstitions you may well be advised to pay attention to.
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Whatever your view of the world, even the most diehard rationalist admits there are things that science simply can't explain. Perhaps our understanding hasn't advanced that far yet and science will one day provide an answer... or are these mysteries destined to never receive an answer from the world of science? We've rounded up some of the biggest mysteries that nobody has yet found an answer for.
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Open mouth, insert foot. You have been warned. This is not a good day to openly speak your mind, and even your efforts to be diplomatic could be misunderstood. If you want to avoid arguments, stick to very safe topics.... Read More
