The story of King Midas comes to us from Greek mythology , but if you didn't know that, you might guess tha...  ...)The folks at TED-Ed have quite a few illustrated myths from ancient cultures available. We posted Thor i...

When you were a kid making faces, your mother might have told you that your face could freeze like that, and you'd have to live with it forever. That's exactly what happened to Aaron in Cautionary Tales.[https://vimeo.co...

The John C. Hodges Library at the University of Te...  ...torians and biologists and LARPers to rethink the mythical status of the creature.We don't know how many for...

Ancient people (and not-so-ancient people) thought...  ...ent people looked for meaning in the events. Many myths grew out of their experiences, which are quite di...  ...he world.When something dreadful happens in Norse mythology , you can safely assume Loki had something to do w...  ...t and all-consuming dark...

The following article is from the book Uncle John&...  ...ls.You may not have known it, but there’s a myth out there about arachnid urine. We looked into th...  ...We looked into that— and some other animals myths , too. Myth : Wolves howl at the moon. How it spread...

[https://youtu.be/8weMFaRFN5g] (YouTube link)Some...  ...e. It's possible you've never thought about those myths enough to bother checking them out, but now you c...

The real St. Patrick had nothing to do with green beer or leprechauns. He was a Christian evangelist who made it his mission to convert all of Ireland. Patrick’s life is a great story even without embellishments, b...

You’ve heard of medieval nobles going off to...  ...y so. Albrecht Classen wrote a book to dispel the myths about chastity belts."As a medievalist, one day I...  ...bout it," he says, "and in one swoop destroy this myth ."Here is the truth: Chastity belts, made of metal...

The Food Lab at Serious Eats looks at things you'v...  ...f what you've heard is correct, but some are just myths , like "Only flip your steak once!"The reality is...  ...king = more even cooking.That's just one of seven myths about steak debunked, with the science behind eac...

The following is an article from Uncle John's...  ...f the longest lasting -and most easily disproved- myths in world history. Yet people just keep looking fo...  ...era. It may also have been inspired by much older mythological tales such as the Trojan War. Or it may have been...  ...the sunken continent. Donne...