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Can Woolly Bear Caterpillars Predict Winter Weather? No – But They Do Have A Clever Way To Survive The FreezeA furry looking caterpillar with a black head and tail and a brown body.

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Can Woolly Bear Caterpillars Predict Winter Weather? No – But They Do Have A Clever Way To Survive The FreezeA furry looking caterpillar with a black head and tail and a brown body.
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Can Woolly Bear Caterpillars Predict Winter Weather? No – But They Do Have A Clever Way To Survive The Freeze

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Krampusnacht: What's Up With The Terrifying Christmas-Time Pagan Parades In Europe?A devil character with a flame celebrating a Krampusnacht Christmas festival tradition in Europe

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Krampusnacht: What's Up With The Terrifying Christmas-Time Pagan Parades In Europe?A devil character with a flame celebrating a Krampusnacht Christmas festival tradition in Europe
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Krampusnacht: What's Up With The Terrifying Christmas-Time Pagan Parades In Europe?

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"The Sea Shall Flow To Jackdaw’s Well": Old English Mermaid Legend Traced Back CenturiesA mermaid.

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"The Sea Shall Flow To Jackdaw’s Well": Old English Mermaid Legend Traced Back CenturiesA mermaid.
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"The Sea Shall Flow To Jackdaw’s Well": Old English Mermaid Legend Traced Back Centuries

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“Juvenile Bigfoot”, Evolved Monkeys, Or Just Good Marketing? Meet The Albatwitch Of Pennsylvania FolkloreSpooky glowing eyes in a dark forest

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“Juvenile Bigfoot”, Evolved Monkeys, Or Just Good Marketing? Meet The Albatwitch Of Pennsylvania FolkloreSpooky glowing eyes in a dark forest
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“Juvenile Bigfoot”, Evolved Monkeys, Or Just Good Marketing? Meet The Albatwitch Of Pennsylvania Folklore

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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: A Story Of Anxiety And Hysteria In America's HeartlandA black and white photo of someone wearing a gasmask an what looks like a denim coat. The person is standing against a black backdrop and only their right hand side has been lit, so they are partially obscured.

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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: A Story Of Anxiety And Hysteria In America's HeartlandA black and white photo of someone wearing a gasmask an what looks like a denim coat. The person is standing against a black backdrop and only their right hand side has been lit, so they are partially obscured.
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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: A Story Of Anxiety And Hysteria In America's Heartland

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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living NeanderthalsWhether it's Bigfoot, the Yeti, or the Almas, many cultures across the world have folklore tales of mysterious ape-like beings.

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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living NeanderthalsWhether it's Bigfoot, the Yeti, or the Almas, many cultures across the world have folklore tales of mysterious ape-like beings.
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This Historian Believed Sightings Of A "Soviet Sasquatch" Were Living Neanderthals

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A Nasty And Fascinating Surprise Found In 200-Year-Old Bottle Presumed To Be RumA scientist with rubber gloves touches an old bottle made between 1790 and 1840.

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A Nasty And Fascinating Surprise Found In 200-Year-Old Bottle Presumed To Be RumA scientist with rubber gloves touches an old bottle made between 1790 and 1840.
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A Nasty And Fascinating Surprise Found In 200-Year-Old Bottle Presumed To Be Rum

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Stunning New Map Shows Landscape Of Supernatural Stories And Folklore From Polish-German HistoryA trimmed image of the map showing the coast of Pomerania and Mecklenburg region with a compass rose in the middle of the sea. The map is designed in the renaissance style and has innumerous coloured dots indicating specific stories.

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Stunning New Map Shows Landscape Of Supernatural Stories And Folklore From Polish-German HistoryA trimmed image of the map showing the coast of Pomerania and Mecklenburg region with a compass rose in the middle of the sea. The map is designed in the renaissance style and has innumerous coloured dots indicating specific stories.
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Stunning New Map Shows Landscape Of Supernatural Stories And Folklore From Polish-German History

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"Do You Know The Muffin Man?" Isn't About What You ThinkAerial shot of six English muffins arranged on a cooling rack on a cream tablecloth

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"Do You Know The Muffin Man?" Isn't About What You ThinkAerial shot of six English muffins arranged on a cooling rack on a cream tablecloth
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"Do You Know The Muffin Man?" Isn't About What You Think

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Rare 3.7-Meter-Long Deep-Sea “Doomsday” Fish Found Off California Coastclose-up of an oarfish specimen

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Rare 3.7-Meter-Long Deep-Sea “Doomsday” Fish Found Off California Coastclose-up of an oarfish specimen
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Rare 3.7-Meter-Long Deep-Sea “Doomsday” Fish Found Off California Coast

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Spotted Coins Hammered Into A Tree Trunk? It’s A Centuries-Old Traditioncoins hammered into the trunk of an old tree

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Spotted Coins Hammered Into A Tree Trunk? It’s A Centuries-Old Traditioncoins hammered into the trunk of an old tree
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Spotted Coins Hammered Into A Tree Trunk? It’s A Centuries-Old Tradition

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Nightjars: Goat-Sucking Supernatural Beings Or Misunderstood Birds?zoom-lens photograph of a european nightjar, a bird with a small beak and mottled grey-brown feathers

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Nightjars: Goat-Sucking Supernatural Beings Or Misunderstood Birds?zoom-lens photograph of a european nightjar, a bird with a small beak and mottled grey-brown feathers
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Nightjars: Goat-Sucking Supernatural Beings Or Misunderstood Birds?

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“A Certain Mucilaginous Substance”: What Is The Mysterious Star Jelly?A digital image of a comet hurtling through space but it has been digitally edited so that its body and tail look gooey and green.

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“A Certain Mucilaginous Substance”: What Is The Mysterious Star Jelly?A digital image of a comet hurtling through space but it has been digitally edited so that its body and tail look gooey and green.
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“A Certain Mucilaginous Substance”: What Is The Mysterious Star Jelly?

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Dragons: An (Un)natural HistoryA photo showing the silhouette of a child on a wooden horse with a crown and a sword preparing to fight a dragon on a stick. The shadows are cast on a white sheet.

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Dragons: An (Un)natural HistoryA photo showing the silhouette of a child on a wooden horse with a crown and a sword preparing to fight a dragon on a stick. The shadows are cast on a white sheet.
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Dragons: An (Un)natural History

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Punxsutawney Phil Should Be Replaced By Animatronic AI Groundhog, Says PETAClose up of the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil.

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Punxsutawney Phil Should Be Replaced By Animatronic AI Groundhog, Says PETAClose up of the groundhog Punxsutawney Phil.
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Punxsutawney Phil Should Be Replaced By Animatronic AI Groundhog, Says PETA

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