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In South Korea, age is counted from the first day of the lunar year. By eating tteokguk during the celebration, Koreans literally mark themselves a year older and wiser.
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Lake Abraham in Alberta, Canada, treats visitors to a spectacular winter phenomenon: stacks of pearl-like bubbles trapped between layers of ice.
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Roebling is barely a blip on the map when it comes to tourism, but the mark it has left on the world is profound.
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A 500-year-old oak tree outside the town of Eutin, Germany, has been matching singles for more than a century and is reportedly responsible for 100-plus marriages.
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Centuries ago, when the North African Amazigh tribes were at war, a truce was brokered with terms stating that each tribe had to cook breakfast for the other to bring peace.
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Before it was too late, writer Mike MacEacheran made a family pilgrimage to the Alps to connect with his father’s wanderlust and retrace the steps taken 50 years before he was born.
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At the Maulbronn Monastery in south-west Germany, visitors can learn how to make ‘God-cheaters’.
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