Researchers have used a solar eclipse to determine that Odysseus returned home from the Trojan Wars on April 16, 1178 B.C. Not bad for a character widely thought to be fictional.
Can’t afford to fly to Scotland to look for mythological creatures? Then use this handy guide to the cryptofauna of North America!
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