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      Almost every culture in the world has its own vampire legend, and some date back thousands of years. Today, we are most familiar with Count Dracula and other folklore from Eastern Europe. Do you want to learn more?  Here is a wealth of juicy trivia to sink your fangs into sink your fangs into this Halloween season. 1. Was the first vampire a woman? The oldest known vampire legends come from Babylonian and Sumerian mythology. Female demons called the Lilu were said to hunt women and children at night, and drink their blood. 2. Vlad III Tepes, also known as Vlad Dracul, was known for his incredible cruelty; he was alleged to have killed up to 30,000 people at one time! His bloodthirsty reputation inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula . 3. The National Retail Federation listed "Vampire" as the second most popular adult Halloween costume in 2005. Vampires were the sixteenth most popular children's costume for the same year. 4. While modern pop c...

   The festival of San Fermín (or Sanfermines , in basque language Sanferminak ) in the city of Pamplona ( Navarre , Spain ), is a deeply rooted celebration held annually from 12:00, 6 July, when the opening of the fiesta is marked by setting off the pyrotechnic chupinazo , to midnight 14 July, with the singing of the Pobre de Mí . While its most famous event is the encierro, or the running of the bulls , the week-long celebration involves many other traditional and folkloric events. It is known locally as Sanfermines and is held in honor of Saint Fermin , the co-patron of Navarre. Its events were central to the plot of The Sun Also Rises , by Ernest Hemingway , which brought it to the general attention of English-speaking people. It has become probably the most internationally renowned fiesta in Spain. Over 1,000,000 people come to watch this festival. Saint Fermin    Fermin is said to have been the son of a Roman of senatorial rank in Pamplona in the...