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"The Three Ravens" is an English folk ballad published in 1611. Three ravens plan to eat the corpse of a recently slain knight, but find the knight guarded by his loyal hawks and hounds. Then the knight's pregnant significant other arrives to bury him. #FairyTaleTuesday

"Baga Yaga and the Kind Young Girl" is a Russian tale about the infamous witch keeping her niece hostage in her cabin and forcing her to weave clothes. The girl generously gives scraps of food to Baba Yaga's black cat, so the grateful cat helps her escape. #FairyTaleTuesday

The term "jack-o'-lantern" may be derived from the Irish legends of Stingy Jack, a conniving drunk who cheats death time and again. When he eventually dies, neither Heaven nor Hell can take him, so he wanders between worlds, using a hollow turnip as a lantern. #FairyTaleTuesday

"Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too."

—The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum

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"Even though the bear was many times heavier than she and had enormous teeth and claws, Lassie felt no fear... Charging around a large rock outcropping... Lassie slammed into One-Eye's hind legs as the grunting bear started to slide down the hill."

—Lassie: Old One-Eye, George Elrick

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"As the days passed and the golden lion grew, Tarzan taught it many tricks—to fetch and carry, to lie motionless in hiding... to move from point to point as he indicated, to hunt for hidden things by scent and to retrieve them."

—Tarzan and the Golden Lion, Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Italian poet Dante Alighieri began writing his epic poem The Divine Comedy in 1300. When he died in 1321, the pages containing the final 13 cantos were missing. His son Jacopo later found them in a secret hiding spot, claiming he had a dream that his father showed him where they were. #FolkyFriday

Ancient Egyptians divided dreams into three categories: demands from the gods, warnings from the gods, and those that came during dream rituals. Anyone who sought divine wisdom would go to temples to sleep on "dream beds" in the hopes of receiving guiding messages. #FolkyFriday

Hippocrates, Greek physician, philosopher, and founder of modern medicine, used dream interpretation as a diagnostic tool. He believed dreams were premonitions of diseases developing within the body, and listening to dreams could prevent these illnesses from ever taking root. #FolkyFriday

10 TV Milestones That Were Reached Sooner Than You Think Recognizing 10 television milestones that were reached quicker than you think, including the first rerun, the first pregnancy, and the first interracial kiss.

The first major character death on television actually happened in a 1950s family sitcom. When the lead actress stormed off the set and refused to return, producers killed off her character rather than writing a divorce into the show. #FlashbackFriday
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10 Cinematic Milestones That Were Reached Sooner Than You Think Color, sound, remakes, found footage - these are all part of the movie-going experience that we take for granted. Few realize just how far back some of these tropes and innovations go.

The first found-footage film came out in 1930, and filmmakers tried to pass it off as a documentary of a tribe in the Congo. However, audiences weren't fooled, as it was clearly filmed in Los Angeles and featured white actors in blackface. #FlashbackFriday
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10 Influential Female Directors From the Silent Film Era Back when the film industry was just emerging, gender restrictions hadn’t been established yet. Women could freely seize opportunities to work behind the camera.

When her husband succumbed to morphine addiction, actress Dorothy Davenport began directing films as a means of social activism. Her controversial films took on not only addiction, but also abortion, prostitution, and domestic violence. #FlashbackFriday
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... Wait, there are actually people who debate whether the Eeveelutions are cats or dogs???

They're clearly BUNNIES.

The Eeveelutions are bunnies. I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL.

The Woodstock Opera House is home to Elvira, the ghost of a ballerina who jumped off the bell tower when she didn't get the lead role she wanted. Sightings have been reported of her watching shows in seat DD113. Witnesses describe her as a blonde woman in a flowing white gown. #LegendaryWednesday

In 1936 in Norfolk, England, photographer Hubert C. Provand allegedly captured the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall on camera. She's believed to be the ghost of an aristocrat, Lady Dorothy Walpole, who was locked up by her husband for her alleged adultery. She died of smallpox in 1726. #LegendaryWednesday

The most famous ghost of Thai myth is Mae Nak Phra Khanong, a woman who dies in childbirth, along with her baby. Her husband returns from war and doesn't realize his wife and child are ghosts at first. Mae Nak kills neighbors who try to warn him he's living with ghosts. #LegendaryWednesday

In the WWI-era horror film Revolt of the Zombies (1936), a priest is imprisoned due to his power to turn men into zombies. He attempts to burn a parchment with the location of his secret formula, but an army general steals it and assembles an expedition to find the formula. #WyrdWednesday

White Zombie (1932) was the first feature-length zombie film ever made. A young man approaches a witch doctor, played by Bela Lugosi, for a spell to lure the woman he loves away from her fiance. The woman ends up becoming a zombie slave. #WyrdWednesday

J'accuse (1919) is a French silent film about the horrors of World War I. It contains a scene in which dead soldiers rise from their graves and march back to their homes. This could be considered the first on-screen depiction of zombies in cinema history. #WyrdWednesday

In the Austrian tale "Ottilia & the Skull," a peasant girl, banished from home by her stepmom, takes refuge in a castle with a talking human skull. The next morning, the skull transforms into a beautiful woman, who entrusts her castle and fortune to the girl. #FairyTaleTuesday

The Ukranian tale "Cow's Head" is about a girl, Oksana, who's banished to a forest cabin by her stepmother. A disembodied cow's head appears outside, asking for food and shelter. Oksana complies and is rewarded for her generosity with gold, jewels, and gowns. #FairyTaleTuesday

In the Libyan tale "The Iron Pestle and the Girl With the Donkey's Head," a young woman, Jamila, finds a pestle in the woods, which shapeshifts into a ghoul and abducts her. Later, when she escapes his castle, the ghoul casts a spell to give her a donkey's head. #FairyTaleTuesday

Fimbulvetr, which means "great winter," is the prelude to Ragnarök, the great apocalyptic battle of the Norse gods. This years-long snowfall will end all life on Earth, paving the way for the gods to wage war and create more natural disasters. #MythologyMonday

To maintain immortality and heal wounds, the Greek gods eat ambrosia, a sacred food, and drink a beverage called nectar, which are delivered by doves. During the Trojan War, the gods cleanse the bodies of fallen warriors with liquid ambrosia to prevent decay. #MythologyMonday

Anzû—depicted as either a giant eagle or a lion-headed eagle—is the personification of thunder clouds and the southern wind in Mesopotamian myth. Born of the primordial waters of Apsu, Anzû started a war when he stole the Tablet of Destinies from the god Enlil. #MythologyMonday

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"Webster was standing on the windowsill. He was panting slightly... but on his face was the satisfied smile of a victor. He moved his head... as if looking for the microphone through which his public expected him to speak a modest word or two."

—Cats Will Be Cats, PG Wodehouse

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"[Toto] was a little black dog, with long silky hair and small black eyes that twinkled merrily on either side of his funny, wee nose. Toto played all day long, and Dorothy played with him, and loved him dearly."

—The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum

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"Fern loved Wilbur more than anything... Every morning, as soon as she got up, she warmed his milk... Wilbur loved his milk, and he was never happier than when Fern was warming up a bottle for him. He would stand and gaze up at her with adoring eyes."

—Charlotte's Web, EB White

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"Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them. Pongo and Missis found this touching and amusing and let their pets think it was true."

—101 Dalmatians, Dodie Smith

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