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SO Sad! Transgender Woman Pleads For Life Before Mob Beat Her To Death. click image to read story

SO Sad! Transgender Woman Pleads For Life Before Mob Beat Her To Death. click image to read story
42-year-old Dandara dos Santos was kicked, punched, and hit with shoes and a plank of wood in front of residents in Fortaleza, Ceara state, Brazil... till death. click image to read story

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Meet the 18th-Century Real-Life ‘Gnomes’ Paid to Sit in a Garden, Dispensing Wisdom

Meet the 18th-Century Real-Life ‘Gnomes’ Paid to Sit in a Garden, Dispensing Wisdom The ceramic garden gnomes we see today have a very human — and very disturbing — past. Back in the 18th century, garden hermits were real people hired by wealthy landowners to serve as their outdoor decorations.⠀ The elites often sought men who would agree to live in their garden and devote themselves to a silent, forlorn existence. And the more eccentric their appearance, the better. ⠀ ⠀ See the illustrations and discover the bizarre real-life history of garden gnomes by clicking the link in our bio.⠀ ⠀ It turns out that the garden gnome that we now use to ornament our garden were once real-life garden hermits. Yes, a real person who lives in a real hermitage, in a real garden. From the 15th to 18th century, wealthy estate owners were not content with just having lavish and perfectly landscaped grounds that looked natural with all the follies, rustic-looking trees, and lakes – there had to be a Garden