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When you picture a unicorn, what comes to mind? For many people living today, the unicorn is the domain of children’s literature, My Little Pony, and a very colorful Starbucks Frappuccino. But unicorns were once regarded as fearsome, wild beasts, whose legendary horns could purify poisoned water just as easily as they might bludgeon a hunter to death.
In today’s episode, we explore how the unicorn evolved over the centuries, from the Indus Valley civilization to Renaissance tapestries, and eventually, the 2010s “unicorn food” trend.
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