The Most Popular Urban Legends From All 50 States

Bonus: The Hookman

The Hookman is pretty simple. He is a man with a hook for a hand. He wanders around at night, flighting his hook at any passersby with the threat of killing them. He's also known to attack canoodling teenagers in cars.

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 More You Know

  • Stephen Hawking is 73 years old and has outlived his shortened life expectancy due to ALS by over 50 years.
  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
  • The Netherlands has the tallest population.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.