Siblings Find Terrifying Decades-Old Pirate's Treasure In Grandfather's Attic

Nothing Like the Movies

Mike and Maria listened in awe. How had their grandfather never shared any of these stories with them? While they listened, they couldn't help but compare everything he said to the various movies they'd seen, and nothing he said even remotely compared to those stories. They learned that their grandparents had been famous among outlaws and they'd never even known it...

The More You Know

The national animal of Scotland is the unicorn.
Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69 percent of the world's freshwater.
You can survive being in outer space without permanent damage for about half a minute.
In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his beard running away from a fire.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.