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Dragons are among the most popular and enduring of the world's mythological creatures. Dragon tales are known in many cultures through out the world. Though they populate our books, films, and television shows, they have a long and rich history in many forms. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

Teleportation is the theoretical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. It is a common subject in science fiction literature, film, video games, and television. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

Halloween, or All Hallows' Eve is a celebration on 31 October, the eve of the feast of All Hallows' Day. It begins the three-day observance of All hallow tide, the time in the dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints, martyrs, and all the faithful departed. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

Black holes are some of the strangest and most fascinating objects found in outer space. They are objects of extreme density, with such strong gravitational attraction that even light cannot escape from their grasp. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

The mystery of magic continues. Black magic, is directed toward enemies. Those who use it are believed to have power to send bats, birds, flies, and other animals to attack people. Black magic is widely believed to be responsible for fights, barrenness, illness, and even death. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

Magic or sorcery is the use of rituals, symbols, and language with the aim of exploiting supernatural forces. Magic is sometimes practiced in isolation and secrecy and often viewed with skepticism and suspicion by the scientific community. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence exhibited by machines. In computer science, an ideal "intelligent" machine is a flexible rational agent that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

Déjà vu is French and means, literally, "already seen", and it’s the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced has already been experienced in the past. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

The Bermuda Triangle also knows as, The devil’s triangle, is a mythical section of the Atlantic Ocean roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico where dozens of ships and airplanes have disappeared. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

Lucid dream is any dream during which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming. During lucid dreaming, the dreamer can also manipulate some degree of control over the dream characters, narrative, and environment. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological death. It is also called rebirth or transmigration, and is a part of the Saṃsāra doctrine of cyclic existence. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

The Fermi paradox named after physicist Enrico Fermi. is the apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence and high probability estimates, given by the Drake equation, for the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes

The Multiverse is a theory in which our universe is not the only one, but states that many universes exist parallel to each other. These distinct universes within the multiverse theory are called parallel universes. A variety of different theories lend themselves to a multiverse viewpoint. Show-Notes betweenfactandfiction.org/shownotes