Ever try to carve out a turnip? Well, let me explain the process to you: it SUCKS. Thank god we’ve got pumpkins these days. The Irish started the whole practice of carving out their vegetables to keep away evil spirits. I’m assuming most spirits scoffed at the carved potatoes and turnips...

While out at sea, sailors would occasionally come across a creature in the water that resembled a rather large women.  It was usually just a manatee (a.k.a sea-cow or dugong) swimming underneath the water, but it might have been a mermaid for all we know. It may also have been wishful...