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Herodotus wrote about giant ants and flying snakes

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Widely known as the 'Father of History', this ancient Greek writer loved a good road trip. Unfortunately, he was also highly gullible. He filled his supposedly factual logs with stories of giant gold-digging ants and flying snakes, proving that exaggerating your vacation stories is an ancient tradition.

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