Mythic folk creatures built to scare the shit out of you.
Category: Grapevine’s Atlas
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Halfdan Was Here
How Viking graffiti made it all the way to a church in Istanbul.
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Sea Monkeys
How primates accidentally beat Columbus across the Atlantic by 40 million years.
…Hakuna Matata
Historians and archaeologists say the oldest and largest ancient pyramids are in Egypt and Mexico. One Bosnian wizard says they’re wrong.
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Fire Underfoot
Separated by 9,900 miles, two underground blazes still burn after 50 years.
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How Egyptian was Cleopatra?
Three hundred years of advanced incest, all for this.
Gerald Bull wanted to use a very big gun to shoot a satellite into space. Saddam Hussein wanted a very big gun.
What is a Berliner, anyway?
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Florence, Y’all
Florence y’all