Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Ernest Hemingway described bullfighting as the only art in which the artist is in danger

of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's

honor.

He loved it so much in fact that it became part of his debut novel, The Sun Also Rises.

He eventually devoted an entire nonfiction book to the sport.

Bullfighting got its start way back in 711 AD as part of a coronation ceremony for a

king.

And if that performance space feels familiar, the open ring, the circular stadium, that's

for a very good reason.

Bullfighting sprung out of Rome's gladiatorial games back when the Roman Empire still ruled

over Spain.

There are three phases or stages of a traditional bullfight.

In a Cape stage, the Matador holds his cape up to the bull, taunting him and encouraging

him to charge.

This display is meant to show off the bull's strength in the Picador stage.

Picadores on horseback poke and anger the bull with lances.

Once the bull has been properly amped up, Banderrieros run on foot and stick the bull with

colored darts.

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