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15 Lucky Things You Probably Didn't Know About Leprechauns

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15 Lucky Things You Probably Didn't Know About Leprechauns

A Remake of The Wizard of Oz Is Officially in the Works

Judy Garland and Ray Bolger in the original Wizard of Oz (1939).

A Remake of The Wizard of Oz Is Officially in the Works

You Can Get a Unicorn Hunting License From Michigan’s Lake Superior State College

A 1602 fresco by Domenichino showing Giulia Farnese with a unicorn.

You Can Get a Unicorn Hunting License From Michigan’s Lake Superior State College

How 'Pepper's Ghost' Became the Toast of Victorian London

People in Victorian London were amazed by a stage effect perfected by John Henry Pepper that had them seeing a ghost.

How 'Pepper's Ghost' Became the Toast of Victorian London

How to Baffle a Bull Moose: The Time Harry Houdini Tricked Theodore Roosevelt

Harry Houdini and Theodore Roosevelt aboard the SS Imperator.

Harry Potter’s (Possibly Haunted) Childhood Home Is Available to Rent on Airbnb

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Le Double Fond Just Became France’s First Official School For Magicians

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A New Detail About Voldemort’s Horcruxes Has Just Been Revealed

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Find Love With These 18 Old Halloween Fortune-Telling Tricks

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Wizarding World Gold, a Magical New Harry Potter Subscription Service, Has Arrived

The Potter Collector, YouTube

10 Historical Divination Methods for Predicting the Future

The Liver of Piacenza, a model of a sheep's liver used in Etruscan divination and unearthed in Italy in 1877.

10 Amazing Online Courses You Can Sign Up For in May 2019

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How Harry Houdini Might Have Pulled Off His Most Daring Trick

Magician and escape artist Harry Houdini

The Rise and Fall of 5 Claimed Mediums

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A New Harry Potter Audiobook is Coming

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13 Fascinating Items From the History of Magic at the Conjuring Arts Library

Anna Green