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  2. Rod (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    A 2000 report by staff at "The Straight Dope" also explained rods as such phenomena, namely tricks of light which result from how (primarily video) images of flying insects are recorded and played back, adding that investigators have shown the rod-like bodies to be a result of motion blur, if the camera is shooting with relatively long exposure ...

  3. List of mythological places - Wikipedia

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    A mythical city at the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. Vyraj: A mythical place in Slavic mythology, where "birds fly for the winter and souls go after death". Westernesse: A country found in the Middle English romance King Horn. Xibalba: The underworld in Mayan mythology. Yomi: The land of the dead according to Shinto mythology, as related in ...

  4. Trident - Wikipedia

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    Trident of Poseidon. A trident (/ ˈ t r aɪ d ɛ n t /), (/ ˈ t r aɪ d ɪ n t /) is a three-pronged spear.It is used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm.As compared to an ordinary spear, the three tines increase the chance that a fish will be struck and decrease the chance that a fish will be able to dislodge itself if struck badly.

  5. List of mythological objects - Wikipedia

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    Trident of Madhu, Madhu handed everything over to his son Lavanasura including his trident before drowning himself in the ocean because of shame. (Hindu mythology) Trishula, the trident of Shiva, stylized by some as used as a missile weapon and often included a crossed stabilizer to facilitate flight when thrown. Considered to be the most ...

  6. Trident of Poseidon - Wikipedia

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    According to the second and third Vatican Mythographer, Neptune's trident symbolizes the three properties of water: liquidity, fecundity and drinkability. [12]The trident of Neptune was viewed by Roman scholar Maurus Servius Honoratus as three-pronged because "the sea is said to be a third part of the world, or because there are three kinds of water: seas, streams and rivers".

  7. List of cryptids - Wikipedia

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    Purported location Depiction British big cats [35] Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, mystery cats, English lions, Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor: Carnivorous mammal Great Britain Chupacabra [36] Chupacabras (Spanish for goat-sucker) Puerto Rico (originally), South and Central America, Southern North America Dover Demon [37] Dover ...

  8. River Monsters - Wikipedia

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    River Monsters is a British wildlife documentary television series produced for Animal Planet by Icon Films of Bristol, United Kingdom.It is hosted by angler and biologist Jeremy Wade, who travels around the globe in search of big and dangerous fish.

  9. Category:Mythical fish - Wikipedia

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