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Stephen King's novel *The Shining* is not based on a real place, but it was inspired by King's stay at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. King and his wife spent a night there in 1974, and the hotel's isolated setting and eerie atmosphere influenced the novel. The hotel itself, with its historical charm and reported hauntings, contributed to the story’s setting, though the characters and plot are fictional. https://www.stanleyhotel.com/

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There are more than 115,000 disappeared persons in the Mexican government’s registry. Jalisco is at the heart of this crisis, topping the list of states with the most disappeared. Here, over 15,000 people are currently missing, according to state figures. The majority of these...See more

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There are more dangerous neighborhoods than Tepito in Mexico City, for example, parts of Iztapalapa, the area called “El Hoyo” (The Hole)—where, a few years ago in El Cerro de la Estrella, stray dogs fatally attacked and ate four humans. But Tepito, “El Barrio Bravo,” the...See more

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The Vikings first rowed up the Seine to attack Paris in 845 and returned three times in the 860s. Each time they looted the city or were bought off with bribes. Siege of Paris, (November 25, 885–October 886), nearly year-long Viking siege of Paris, at the time the capital of the...See more

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Residents of Tecoaque, also known as Zultepec, captured a convoy of about 15 male Spaniards, 50 women and 10 children, 45 foot soldiers who included Cubans of African and Indigenous descent, and about 350 allies from Indigenous groups in 1520. All were apparently sacrificed over...See more

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