CULTURE

There are many things in the world we can't find answers to. We call them a mystery or just a coincidence. Whatever the case, they're sometimes good and sometimes spooky. We don't know if they're supernatural stuff that nobody can solve or all of them have a solid explanation. Whatever the case, we put together 15 of these interesting scenarios that happened or are happening in the world at the moment.

'The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons,' Dostoyevsky said. But perhaps there’s one other type of institution that also gives a glimpse into how societies treat those who are deemed unfit for society: mental asylums.For centuries, the quality of most mental asylums revealed very little degree of civilization. Here are 21 haunting portraits of life inside these places.

Graphic designer Andry Tuohy's work, highlighting the greatest modern artists, shows the unique styles of 52 key artists in their own portraits. A fun fact about Andry's work is that he chose one artist for the each letter of the alphabet. Here are 25 different portraits you will fall in love with.Don't forget to click on the artist names for more information!

Torture has been around for thousands of years, and it has been used as punishment, methods of execution, and as a means of obtaining information. It feels weird to use the word “creative” for such practises, but some torture methods were indeed creative as well as gruesome. Here are some painful, and brutal torture techniques from history.

One of the best books recently written is A Brief History of Human Kind, by Noah Harari, in 2012.As readers of the book know, the story Noah tells is that of modern man, the Homo Sapiens, came out of North Africa and seized the world by eliminating, or in other words, destroying all other human species such as Homo Erectus and Neanderthal.This book tells the history of mankind and what is likely to happen in the future in a simple way. There is really much to be learned from this book!

Each and every book on this list is a must-read for every adult who can read. But on this side of literature, not every page is full of hope, inspiration, or joy. Rather, you’ll be staggered by the literary achievement and beauty that shows you how challenging, absurd, and sometimes even funny life, and even your own mind itself can be.  Book summaries were taken from Wikipedia. 

Marilyn Monroe died of a barbiturate overdose on August 5, 1962, in her home at 12305 5th Helena Drive in Brentwood, CA. Since then, her death has been the subject of some of the most enduring conspiracy theories in history - including that she was one of many historical suicides that were actually a murder. Yet, the actual details of her demise are just as shocking and interesting as the stories bandied about by conspiracy theorists.

Slovak graphic designer Igor Kupec suffered from generalized anxiety disorder and panic attacks during his college years. He says that those were the worst times of his life, and later he was intrigued by the idea of visualizing mental disorders with typography, as it would enable him to take the issue from a graphic designer’s perspective. What’s interesting is that he says “I was able to visualize many of them, except the one I was struggling with.”Here are 20 mental disorders and their reflections on the art of typography by Igor Kupec.Descriptions of the illnesses and disorders were taken from Wikipedia.

We all have some type of sleeping habit. Does that say something about us? We don't know the answer to that, but in this list, we have the sleeping habits of the most successful and well-known writers, poets, and a bunch of other successful people. We don't know if it's about their sleeping habits that make them that successful but it's worth giving a try. Some choose to sleep during the day and some at night. All of them have a common characteristic in that they sleep little.

Did you know that Salvador Dali had collaborated with Playboy magazine? Yes, that’s right! In 1973, the little Spanish town of Cadaqués was turned upside down when Salvador Dali arrived for a Playboy shoot! The legendary artist worked with Playboy photographer Pompeo Posar. Here are the details…

Throughout history, paintings have inspired many people from around the world. Some directors wanted to show their respect to art history by imitating these paintings in their movies. We gathered up this wonderful comparisons from Twitter user hodologies' profile for your viewing pleasures!

Emanuele Taglietti had created about 500 cover photos for several graphic novels in the 1970's. His work has appeared in many adult sex and horror graphic novels such as Sukia, Zora the Vampire, Stregoneria, Ulula, Vampirissimo and Wallenstein. We've gathered 28 of the works by this crazy man from Dangerous Minds.

Obviously all fathers rock. But if you want jumping-from-helicopters-and-recharging-ammunition-midair-to-protect-offspring kind of badassery, let's take a look at movies.Movie descriptions may contain spoilers!

Canadian artist Rob Gonsales have been interested in painting since his childhood. Most of his imagination is derived from his child and in time Gonsales have learned to reflect his imagination pieces over the canvas. These surrealistic paintings have influences of both Dali and Tanguy. Take a moment to dive into the magical world of Rob Gonsales!

Franz Kafka, the writer born in 1883 and died in 1924. His published works include The Trial, Metamorphosis and The Castle. Many consider him the greatest writer of the twentieth century.These are the bald facts. But Franz Kafka, the man, or better still the noun-phrase, conjures up far much more than that. He led a different life than we all knew, especially about sex. Let's take a closer look to this great writer's life!