The Man Who Was Killed By His Own Beard

A 16th-century Dutch mayor named Hans Staininger had the most magnificent face full of whiskers the world had ever seen — a hirsute magnificence that ultimately proved to be his undoing

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19 Famous Places You Picture Wrong: Side By Side

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19 Famous Places You Picture Wrong: Side By Side

Whether it's from movies or the media, we've all seen some just awesome places that we want to go visit. Unfortunately, it turns out our current reality can lend to some pretty depressing discoveries.

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