These piranhas use their strong jaws to crack open seeds and nuts, rather than tear flesh.
Traders filled camel bladders with spices, fragrant oils, and even fat.
Of course, we now know that these creatures are not infernal beings or long-sought cryptids.
One elephant bird egg is equivalent to about 160 chicken eggs.
The Scottish government has laws in place in the event that Nessie is ever found.
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The water's frigid temperatures kept the ship in remarkable condition.
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They unknowingly forged lives as identical as their DNA.
Tarrare was the walking manifestation of one of the seven deadly sins as he prowled the cobbled streets of 18th-century Paris indulging his endless hunger.
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