(CNN) — Greek legends are typically full of the incredible — winged white stallions, bull-headed minotaurs, Trojan horses and vengeful gods. While ancient writer Palaephatus later tried to bust some ...

Near the Saarland capital of Saarbrücken lies a unique natural phenomenon in Germany: the so-called Burning Mountain. The rock formation gets its name from an underground coal seam fire that has been ...

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