The story of King Arthur has been told time and again for centuries, but is there really one ‘true’ version ? Amy Louise Blaney – a PhD candidate and … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/344115/can-arthurian-legend-be-faithfully-retold…
Tag: legend
Original ‘Stonehenge’ discovered, confirming a legend of the wizard Merlin
The earliest megalithic circle at Stonehenge, now in the southwest of England, was first built in the west of Wales more than 5,000 years ago. Source: https://www.livescience.com/original-stonehenge-discovered-in-wales.html
Best Story Wins
Morgan Housel, on the art and power of storytelling: C. R. Hallpike is a respected anthropologist who once wrote a review of a young author’s recent book on the history of humans. It states: “It would be fair to say that whenever his facts are broadly correct they are not new, and whenever he tries to strike out on his own…
As ‘Goldeneye 007’ Remaster Finally Leaks Online, Its Original Designer Reacts
Long ago there were plans for a remastered Xbox 360 version of the Nintendo 64 game “Goldeneye 007” — but they never materialized, and that game became a lost legend. But then Monday Ars Technica interviewed longtime Spanish game streamer Graslu00, who had somehow uploaded a two-hour video demo-ing the lost game. The files came with a peculiar note: “Never say…
Raven ‘queen’ missing from Tower of London, feared dead
According to legend, six ravens must inhabit the Tower of London or the kingdom will fall. Now, one of the ravens, a matriarch named Merlina, is missing. Source: https://www.livescience.com/raven-matriarch-missing-tower-of-london.html
Disney Will Test the Limits of ‘Franchise Fatigue’ in 2021 and 2022
An anonymous reader shares a report: In November 2019, just a few days after Disney+ launched, Netflix (NFLX) content chief (now co-CEO) Ted Sarandos, speaking at a Paley Center for Media event, said that Disney (DIS) is “bound by” its content universes, a reference mostly to Marvel and Star Wars. He continued: “I do think the risk of being bound in…
UFC’s Diego Sanchez: ‘UFO was watching me’
The Ultimate Fighting Championship legend recently wrote about an encounter with an unidentified object. Celebrity sightings of UFOs are certainly not… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340860/ufcs-diego-sanchez-ufo-was-watching-me…
Slashback: How Eddie Van Halen Hacks a Guitar
In honor of legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen, who tragically passed away today from throat cancer at the age of 65, we wanted to resurface an article Eddie wrote in 2015 for Popular Mechanics. While many know him as the guitar god, Eddie Van Halen was also an inventor and patent holder who has spent the better part of 35 years…
What’s the birthstone for October?
If you were born in October, your birth month has 2 birthstones: opal and tourmaline. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/october-birthstone-opal-tourmaline…
Elon Musk and John Carmack Discuss Neuralink, Programming Languages on Twitter
Friday night CNET reported:
With a device surgically implanted into the skull of a pig named Gertrude, Elon Musk demonstrated his startup Neuralink’s technology to build a digital link between brains and computers. A wireless link from the Neuralink computing device showed the pig’s brain activity as it snuffled around a pen on stage Friday night. Some reactions from Twitter: – “The…