Unveiling the legend of the jackalope! 🐇🦌 A mythical creature from American folklore, the jackalope is said to be a jackrabbit with antelope horns. Fascinating piece of history!
What's your favorite mythical creature?
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In 1917, two girls claimed they photographed real fairies in Cottingley, England. The hoax fooled even Sherlock Holmes' creator, Arthur Conan Doyle! Decades later, they confessed—but insisted they'd seen real fairies

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The Magdeburg Unicorn: In the 1600s, scientists pieced together mammoth & rhino bones... into a “unicorn.” 🦄

It looked like a cursed art project but was displayed as proof unicorns existed. A reminder that creativity is great, but consult biology first!

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