Underground

If you look up the weirdest fears people have, you might be surprised to find that people can be scared of anything ranging from their own body parts to normal everyday things. Most people have rational fears like being bitten by a dog or getting hit by a car, as they are very possible. However, as much as humans like to think they are intelligent and very logical, we have many traits that are irrational.

photos: Jeisson Martin Beauty is everywhere, you just have to know where to look. I guess this also means taking some steps into forbidden territory sometimes.

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This free tour of London in Covent Garden will take you on a self-guided walk through the area. There's a helpful map to guide you, too.

Once you arrive, you encounter an unassuming building, a mine shaft that has for centuries connected the surface world with the maze that lies underground. You are not quite sure what to expect as you walk in and reach the start of a seemingly ordinary set of downward-spiraling stairs. However, all sense of normalcy is shattered when you peer over the handrail to see what you are venturing into. Your body is rocked momentarily by a wave of vertigo as you try to comprehend the swirling steps…

Meet the San Francisco woman who made it her goal to read all of Marcel Proust's "Swann’s Way" out loud, in its original French, at public-transit stations.

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