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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: legend

legend stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - A legend about a DC watchmaker who etched a secret message inside Abraham Lincoln’s pocket watch is true, the Washington Post reports. Smithsonian officials opened the watch today and found it amid the tiny gears: "Jonathan Dillon April 13, 1861. Fort Sumter was attacked by the rebels... More »

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Washington DC • Abraham Lincoln • Civil War • legend • Smithsonian Insitution • Fort Sumter • pocket watch • message

 Rats Plague Pied Piper City 

Infestation threatens to spoil anniversary

Nov 20, 08 1:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The 725th anniversary of the Pied Piper's legendary removal of rats from the German town of Hamelin could be spoiled by—wait for it—rats. The rodents have infested an empty lot the size of a soccer field close to the picturesque medieval town. Rather than hire another piper, authorities... More »

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Germany • children • rats • legend • fairy tales • Hamelin • Pied Piper

Relax, It's Just a Bald Coyote

Strange find is not chupacabra of urban legend

Nov 2, 07 9:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have identified the peculiar animals found in southern Texas this summer—and they’re not the bloodsucking chupacabras of Mexican lore. No, the three bodies discovered near San Antonio were actually just coyotes that had lost their hair, DNA tests show. Researchers say the doglike beasts are a “... More »

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baldness • San Antonio • coyote • chupacabra • bloodsucker • legend

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