English man has stroke, wakes up speaking Welsh.

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Alun Morgan, 81 years old, grew up speaking English but lived in Wales for a while during an evacuation in World War II. He was only in Wales a few months and admits that he “learned a bit of Welsh” while he was there but was not proficient with the language. He has not spoken…

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The Lost Island of Hybrasil

Lost Island of Hybrasil

Located in the Atlantic ocean just west of Ireland, the mysterious island of Hy-Brasil is documented on maps as early as 1325 and as late as 1872. Although Hy-Brasil is found on many ancient maps, no island exists in our modern day and no recorded historical documents indicate where or what happened to it. The…

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The Beast of Gevaudan Terrorizes France

18th-century engraving of la Bête du Gévaudan, The London Magazine, vol. xxxiv, May 1765

From 1764 to 1767, a strange beast terrorized the province of Gevaudan. Located in the modern day district of Lozere, deep within the Margeride Mountains in south-central France, the creature was a wolf-like animal that devoured the local citizens. During the period there were 210 attacks resulting in 113 deaths. Almost all of the victims…

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The legend of the Lost Letter

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A letter, written in 1918, days before the end of the War, was sent by a soldier to his 9 year-old nephew. The soldier never returned home but 63 years later, the letter mysteriously found its way home.

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