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Concentrate on the four dots in the middle of this picture for about thirty seconds. Then close your eyes and keep them closed. First, you will see a circle of light. Then, something strange will appear in the circle...
Spiderman really exists!!!
Alain Robert (born in 1962) is a French rock and urban climber. He is famous for climbing skyscrapers. Robert has climbed 81 giant structures around the world, using only his bare hands and climbing shoes.
He began climbing as a young boy. When he was 12, he forgot his keys and climbed to the eigth floor to get into his parents‘ flat.
He has been arrested many times in various coutries, because he usually climbs buildings without permission.
Robert is quite short (1.65 m) and very light, but very strong. He has fallen seven times in his life. The worst was his second fall in 1982. He was in a coma for five days. He underwent six operations after the accident.
Alain Robert is married. He and his wife Nicole have three children. He calls his children immediately after he reaches the top of a building.
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The shocking truth
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a legend about the abduction of many children from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Germany.
In 1284, while the town of Hamelin was suffering from a rat infestation, a man dressed in pie appeared, claiming to be a rat-catcher. He promised the townsmen a solution for their problem with the rats. The townsmen in turn promised to pay him for the removal of the rats. The man accepted, and thus played a musical pipe to lure the rats with a song into the Weser River, where all of them drowned. Despite his success, the people reneged on their promise and refused to pay the rat-catcher. The man left the town angrily, but returned some time later, seeking revenge.
On Saint John and Paul's day while the inhabitants were in church, he played his pipe yet again, this time attracting the children of Hamelin. One hundred and thirty boys and girls followed him out of the town, where they were lured into a cave and never seen again. Depending on the version, at most two children remained behind (one of whom was lame and could not follow quickly enough, the other one was deaf and followed the other children out of curiosity) who informed the villagers of what had happened when they came out of the church.
The earliest mention of the story seems to have been on a stained glass window placed in the Church of Hamelin c. 1300. Also, Hamelin town records start with this event. The earliest written record is from the town chronicles in an entry from 1284 which states: "It is 10 years since our children left."
There are many theories about this strange event. Modern scholars regard the emigration theory to be the most probable, i.e. that the Pied Piper of Hamelin was a recruiter for the colonization of Eastern Europe which took place in the 13th century and that he led away a big part of the young generation of Hamelin to a region in Eastern Europe. The Emigration theory is supported by writings found on the walls of old homes in Hameln which say that on July 26,
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