It’s forbidden to die in Longyearbyen, Norway. The town’s only cemetery closed over 70 years ago because it’s so cold that bodies previously buried there have never decomposed, and some still carry traces of an influenza virus that caused an epidemic in 1917. Source
You can buy ‘enchanted’ roses just
like the one in Beauty and the Beast.
According to the UK company Forever
Rose, their roses can live up to 3 years
without sunlight or water- but if you keep
them sealed in their glass domes, they
reportedly stay alive and beautiful
forever (aka 20+ years). SourceSource 2
There’s a Tumblr page that collects
the last text messages people received
from their loved ones who have died.
‘Thelastmessagereceived’ also posts
submissions of the final messages people
received from ex friends, significant
others, and estranged relatives, along
with explanations or stories about the
person who sent them. Source
In the 1960s, a power company
accidentally created Fly Geyser by
drilling into a geothermic pocket that
let loose a stream of oil, water, and
calcium deposits. Now it’s a vibrant living
sculpture that’s always evolving due to
the colorful algae in the water.
Fun fact: Tenochtitlan fell in 1521. From 1603 onwards, large numbers of honest-to-god fricking Japanese Samurai came to Mexico from Japan to work as guardsmen and mercenaries.
Ergo, it would be 100% historically accurate to write a story starring a quartet consisting of the child or grandchild of Aztec Noblemen, an escaped African slave, a Spanish Jew fleeing the Inquisition (which was relaxed in Mexico in 1606, for a time) and a Katana-wielding Samurai in Colonial Mexico.
Also a whole bunch of Chinese Characters BECAUSE MEXICO CITY HAD A CHINATOWN WITHIN TEN YEARS OF THE FALL OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE.
Some suggest this happens because blue is a “calming color,” but others argue it’s just because nobody wants to draw attention to themselves by being suspicious under the special lights.
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