10 Things You Didn't Know About Your Favorite Fairy Tales
You may know modern fairy tales, but do you know the truth behind them? The original tales date back centuries, and feature some pretty shocking twists.
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1. Cinderella murdered her first step-mother.
2. ...and her step-sisters cut off their toes to fit into her slipper.
3. Sleeping Beauty was raped by a King and gave birth to his twins.
4. ...and the King's wife ordered the children killed and cooked.
5. Peter Pan killed off his Lost Boys as they aged.
6. The Little Mermaid loses her voice because the sea witch cuts out her tongue.
7. ...and she felt the pain of a thousand knives with every step.
8. Snow White's evil Queen is in fact her own mother.
9. ...and after the Queen attempts to eat her daughter's organs,
10. Snow White forces the Queen to dance herself to death.
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