myths

He did, however, have another embarrassing—and very real—bathtub incident.

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After testing evidence collected from the Tibetan Plateau and from museum collections, they found the biological root of the Yeti legends to be local bears.

Tales of headless horseman predate The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

From myths to literature to giant squid, here's how some of our favorite eerie creatures and legends got their start.

Spilling pepper, complimenting a baby, and cutting your fingernails after dark are just a few of the things that will earn you bad luck around the world.

Just because the creatures are mythical doesn't mean there aren't hunting regulations.

Trackers are looking for “information leading to ... a bona fide Bigfoot."

In many cases, you can predict the color of an egg based not on the hen's feather coloring, but by their earlobe coloring.

Crocker Land was all but a phantom—one that famed explorer Robert E. Peary had invented out of the thin Arctic air.

A photograph of Portland, Oregon's Mill Ends Park—the world's smallest park.

“Ireland” may be the most popular answer given when someone is asked about where leprechauns supposedly roam, but Portland, Oregon has its very own population of little green-clad Irishmen, too.

The remains are commonly believed to be elaborate pieces of faux-taxidermy created for entertainment purposes at Edo Period carnivals called Misemonos.

"My life contains freedom, adventure, unpredictability, and the chance of one of the world’s greatest discoveries."

On December 24, 1955, the red telephone at the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center started to ring. When they picked up the phone, a little girl asked an unexpected question: “Are you really Santa Claus?”