Bonus: Slenderman
Slenderman was originally a creepypasta story that took over the urban legend community. In the story, he is a thin, tall man with a stark white and featureless face. He wears a black suit and abducts children.
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The Most Popular Urban Legends From All 50 States
The More You Know
- In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
- A Nepalese doctor has restored the sight of over 100,000 often poverty-stricken people in the last thirty years across Asia and Africa using a 5 minute procedure and an inexpensive artificial lens.
- Nintendo was founded in 1889. Before it sold video games, the Japanese company specialized in playing cards.
- Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.