Carl Wyndham articles

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Like a sizzling femme fatale, Diana Caldwell grazed her way through a stunning number of rich men, heartlessly giving up one just as she met another. It’s hard to say what she liked more: playboys with lots of money or older men with tons of money. When she and her husband arrived in Kenya’s Happy Valley, the coven of hedonistic aristocrats welcomed her as one of their own—and then she caused a scandal that would rock the world of even these debauched residents.

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Riddle: I can hold something many times heavier than myself, but one small cut can make me useless. What am I?Answer: A rope...

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Riddle: I stay exactly where you leave me so you can return to somewhere you already were. What am I?Answer: A bookmark...

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Riddle: I spend most of my life folded, but my real job begins when I become much larger. What am I?Answer: A parachute...

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Riddle: I can take you upstairs while you stand completely still. What am I?Answer: An escalator...

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Riddle: I’m filled with numbers, but my job is to tell you something that isn’t a number. What am I?Answer: A thermometer...

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Riddle: I can control something across the room without ever going near it. What am I?Answer: A remote control...

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Riddle: I spend my whole life going around in circles, yet I’m the reason something else moves forward. What am I?Answer: A wheel...

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The Berlin Wall physically divided the Eastern and Western worlds, with Germany bearing the brunt of the separation. During its decades of isolation, East Germany developed a distinct culture and introduced a number of unusual practices that continue to fascinate us today.



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