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5 Ways Grimm's Fairy Tales Changed After the First Edition

We rounded up some of the more surprising aspects of the first edition that were later cleaned up or scrubbed from the text altogether.

Encyclopedia Britannica volumes on display at the New York Public Library

You Can View a Rare First Edition of Encyclopedia Britannica Online

The first edition featured 39 pages on horse diseases.

By Acme News Photos, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

Orson Welles's War of the Worlds Broadcast Might Not Have Caused Mass Panic

It was 80 years ago that a radio broadcast caused the public to panic ... but did it really?

The facades of Le Ciel and L'Enfer Cabarets in Montmartre, Paris

"Enter and Be Damned!": The Macabre Clubs of Belle Epoque Paris

Get your cholera-themed beverages right here!

Climate Change Is Threatening Nearly All UNESCO Sites Around the Mediterranean

While some can be relocated, that's not an option for many.

Courtesy of Mammoth Screen for BBC and MASTERPIECE

10 Revolutionary Facts About Poldark

3. Before he was melting hearts as Ross Poldark, Aidan Turner spent a decade competing in ballroom dancing competitions.

The Salem witch trials were a troubling time in Colonial America.

10 Ways to Identify a Witch

7. Note the number of pets she has.

Eleanor Roosevelt holds a Spanish-language version of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

11 Inspiring Facts About Eleanor Roosevelt

On Eleanor Roosevelt's wedding day, then-President Theodore Roosevelt walked her down the aisle. Read on for more surprising facts about the first lady and diplomat.

David Shrigley's Inflatable 'Swan-Things' Come to Life in 12-Minute Cycles

You'll need to be patient if you want to witness the full effect.

Atelier des Lumières © Culturespaces/Eric Spiller

Gustav Klimt's Masterpieces Get a 21st-Century Makeover at Paris's First Digital Fine Arts Museum

The museum is housed in a gargantuan former foundry.

Study Confirms Growing Up in a Home Filled With Books Is Good for You

New research confirms that people who grow up with books at home tend to have higher reading comprehension and better mathematical and digital communication skills.

What Movie Was Responsible for the Creation of the PG-13 Rating?

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas both had a little to do with it.

Cottingley Fairy Photos That Fooled Arthur Conan Doyle Sold for More Than $26,000

The images were at the center of one of the most notorious hoaxes in history.

A New London Art Installation Is Designed to Make You Cry

The artist calls it "forced empathy."

David Hockney Designed Westminster Abbey's Newest Stained Glass Window—on an iPad

The reviews have been mixed.

A drawing of dancing at Enon Chapel from George Walker's "Lectures on the metropolitan grave-yards"

The Disgusting Victorian Cemetery That Helped Change Burials in London Forever

Enon Chapel was separated from its burial pit by just a thin layer of creaky floorboards.

8 of the Weirdest Items in the Smithsonian's Archives

The famous museum keeps millions of items from public view, including a 17-foot long beard and a combat vest made for pigeons.

6 Fall Festivals Around the World That Celebrate Animals

From monkeys to sheep to the humble woolly worm, animals take center stage at these global autumn celebrations.

A Handy Disney Fan Recreated Fantasyland in His Basement

There are even light settings that go from day to night, plus crowd sounds.

Circus Peanuts and Necco Wafers are Forming a Deliciously Disgusting Candy Alliance

The only question we have is "Why?"

8 Giant Historical Objects That Have Crossed the World

Some of these have more stamps on their passport than you do.

Madelyn Pugh Davis, the “Girl Writer” Behind I Love Lucy

She tested most of the slapstick herself.

One guest-submitted photo of museum artifacts.

Wikipedia Is Digitally 'Preserving' Items Destroyed in the Brazil National Museum Fire

Up to 20 million artifacts were lost.

'Generation Z' is Coming—and They'll Outnumber the World's Millennials Within a Year

Make way, Millennials.

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