We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: maybe because it came as an unexpected gift from a friend or loved one, or in ...

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The battles, which emerged from a gathering revolutionary crisis, predicted the outcome of the war: the victory of the ...

Long before borders were built and empires fell, before railways cut across forests and textiles became brands, there were ...

Imagine wandering through the blazing, sun-baked stretches of the American Southwest, where life seems impossible, yet the ...

Sanity seems conspicuously absent from his actions. What mind, driven by a profound disregard for history and human dignity, barges into the world’s ...

Myth #2: Snakes will drop down on you from tree branches This myth directly contradicts the claim that venomous snakes don’t climb trees. Despite that, stories occasionally spread about snakes ...

Yes, the ‘Irresistible’ singer revealed that she drinks snake sperm, and the American singer-songwriter insisted that drinking the same helps her vocals! Snake sperm for smooth vocals!

We have heard that often folklore goes in villages and Indian households ... for a fact that there exists a snake, which 'flies' and it is venomous too. These mythology-like creatures are far ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. People are funny about snakes. I remember being taught the rhyme, “Red touches black, you’re okay ...

For instance, the Greek myth of “the Abduction of Persephone by Hades” explained the changing of the seasons. American folklorist Stith Thompson offers one perspective. He believed that myths ...