If you're aware of a mythical snake king creature called the basilisk, it's probably thanks to J.K. Rowling's descriptions of a fifty-foot serpent with fangs as long as your arm and a taste for tender young Radcliffe flesh. But the truth about this creature may be a bit disappointing.
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Beyond vague images of pots of gold, wishes, and the general understanding that Colin Farrell is just three of them in a skin suit, what do we really know about leprechauns?
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Take a trip through time, back to those thrilling days of yesteryear, around about 2016, when the New Day, WWE tag team champions, emerged on-screen from a gigantic Booty-O cereal box.
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The term "Minotaur" is a portmanteau derived from "Minos" and "taurus," the Greek word for "bull." Here's the legend of the Minotaur explained.
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There are 118 known chemical elements, and three classifications of "nastiness": radioactivity, toxicity, and reactivity. But which is the most dangerous?
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Everyone loves a good scary story, like how if you stand in front of a mirror and chant, Bloody Mary will appear. This is the legend of Bloody Mary explained.
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Cats have figured in mythology and folklore the world over, from gods taking feline form in Egypt to the superstitions around black cats. In North America, the Wampus Cat is a creature that features in Appalachian and Southern regional lore ...
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In 1951, Icelandic researcher Jón Eythórsson described an alarming discovery. High atop the Hrutarjokull glacier, in an area otherwise free of debris, he'd found dozens of small, round, "moss-covered stones" sitting stationary in the frozen field of nothing.
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On the actual Con Air, there's no Cyrus the Virus who hijacks the plane, steals the show, or turns his name into a fun pun, like "Cy... Onara." There's no hope of escape. There's no hope -- period.
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Michel Lotito, who came to be known as "Monsieur Mangetout (Mr. Eat-all)," certainly lived up to his nickname, as he's known for eating an entire airplane.
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A conquistador's mission in life is succinctly conveyed in the title itself. Spanish for "He who conquers."
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Even when your job is judging the most extreme everything, there needs to be a line. Yes, the Guinness World Record committee has limits, and there are some attempts at exceptionalism that they won't touch with a 10-foot thumbnail. Here are world records that Guinness refuses to certify.
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In 2018, a group of mammoth tusk hunters were honing their craft in Siberia when they unearthed a dead baby horse. It belongs to a long-extinct species, and its body is outlandishly well naturally mummified. Here's why this 42,000-year-old specimen is an eye-opening discovery.
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The Fresno Nightcrawler is thought to be a cryptid that stalks neighborhoods in California. Aside from its myth, it also wears an unexpected piece of clothing.
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President Trump outlined the U.S. Space Force project in an address in 2018, but he later said he wasn't serious. So why is the Space Force a real thing now?
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Chuck Berry was the first rock star, living a life full of headlines, scandal, and controversy. Here's a look at the untold truth of Chuck Berry.
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In the 1960s, a hematologist in Lexington, Kentucky embarked on a bizarre quest to find a group of blue people. At first blush, this mission smacks pure lunacy. Did this guy get high and convince himself he was Gargamel searching for Smurfs? Shockingly not.
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Lack of scientific evidence aside a few folks are quite convinced that they are sharing their special quarantine time with a ghost. Perhaps more than one.
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It's been more than fifty years since the residents of Bethel, New York were outnumbered 200 to 1 by a hoard of 400,000 hippies. Final tally: only two dead. Not bad. Carlos Santana remembers it vividly.
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John Wilkes Booth shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in 1865. But what do we really know about the assassin? This is the untold truth of John Wilkes Booth.
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So yeah, Elon Musk has a brother. His name is Kimbal.
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The weird, true stories behind how superheroes get created can be just as fascinating as their fictional origins.
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The word "supermoon," according to NASA, was first coined in the year 1979 by one Richard Nolle. Britannica notes that Nolle, an astrologer, claimed at the time that supermoons were portents of oncoming calamities such as earthquakes and severe weather patterns.
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Despite the fact he's a major pop culture icon, there's a lot of weirdness surrounding Garfield.
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There's more to Nancy Drew than meets the eye, so let's uncover the secret history of the plucky, self-reliant, and unstoppable detective.
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Madagascar: where evolution goes full-on Sid's room from Toy Story. It's most recent hit -- the ancient 'crazy beast'.
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How do you get on Antiques Roadshow? And do those so-called experts really know what they're talking about? Here is the untold truth of Antiques Roadshow.
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