Til that nasa sent 2 phonograph records called the golden records to space for aliens to see. The golden disk from beast wars is based after it. Here’s one picture of the golden record. Voyager Golden Record - Wikipedia
Today I learned that despite being delisted from Steam years ago, Amazon US is still selling valid, redeemable Steam copies of War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron. And yes, that's sold by Amazon itself, not a third party seller.
TIL that despite being one of the most recognized writers in the history of English literature (With Sherlock Holmes being his most iconic work), Arthur Conan Doyle bizarrely turned into a paranormal-believing nut-job later in life. Despite the Sherlock Holmes character was well-known to be a rational detective who never allows a fact to be twisted to suit a theory, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle unfortunately was anything but that IRL. His brief friendship with Harry Houdini (An well-known escape artist who was an expert of escaping from even the most secure of entrapments) eventually turned bitter, as Doyle slowly became obsessed with the spirituals, to the point where he loses most of his good reputation of being a prolific writer due to him believing a hoax of fairies called Cottingley Fairies. Not only that, Doyle started conducting seances, and was convinced that Houdini was using nothing but magic for his dedicated escape artist skills until the end (Even when Houdini has shown his secret methods to Doyle countless times). This plays a factor in making the friendship more difficult to maintain, and they both remain at odds with each other ever since. But TBF, Conan Doyle was in a bit of a state mentally at the time. His wife, his son, his brother, and two of his brothers-in-Law had died around that time; His personality turn was likely a way for him to cope with the loss of his family.
Don't forget, Holmes was also a coke addict. XD And one of Conan Doyle's Spiritualist pen pals was Dan Ackroyd's great-grandfather. --Moony
TIL (or rather last week I did) that the movie Casey's Shadow, which I saw in the theater as a kid and loved, is chock full of a name that would be super racist if it was applied to Shadow's black owner instead of constantly to his white trainer (played by Walter Matthau) and the chestnut horse himself (its not the n-word). In order to get rid of the name they would have to effectively re-record almost all of the dialogue. Also I now know its rather accurate in its portrayal of racing life, especially how most horsemen are constantly on the edge as far as money is concerned and have to make some very hard decisions as a result that make them look like cold heartless bastards when that's just not true (usually the actually heartless ones are rich owners who own so many horses its easy for them to say 'just get rid of' individuals they may not even bother to know the name of). --Moony
Twitter’s India Offices Raided by Delhi Police After Tweet was marked by the platform as “manipulated.”. Not posting story here as it might be considered political. But between this and Twitter trying to change part of the service to pay per month. Twitter to call subscription service Twitter Blue, charge $3 a month, report says It may become a lot less popular.
My sister says the baby inside her always kicks a lot every time she eats Watermelon. We think the kid (even though he or she is not born yet) likes Watermelon.
Here is what King Tutankhamen looked like based upon his mummified remains. The Egyptian royalty practiced head binding to give their skulls an elongated shape. The portrayals of this in their art wasn't just a stylistic choice, but a representation of what they actually looked like.
So King Tut rocked black eye liner. Some cultures still practice elongated heads. I believe there are people somewhere in Africa that practice elongated necks. Interesting look.
The ones from ancient Central American cultures are even more extreme. It's is actually amazing how much these 2 cultures, separated by a vast ocean, share. One of history's great mysteries.
Haha. Not aliens but some sort of connection. Maybe they crossed the Atlantic at some point. No idea but coincidence seems unlikely.
They also had some nearly identical rituals, rituals that have been seen replicated everywhere from the far east to South America to early European countries and even Africa. There's entire chapters dedicated to trying to sort that out in the book "The Lost Art of Resurrection" by Fred Silva. Resurrection in the book is not at all what the modern view of Resurrection refers to. It was more a ritual fast in a dark, quiet place that may be set up to accentuate hallucinegenic vibrations via sound waves or other causes of vibration. It is odd that such a specific and secretive set of rituals made their way around the world at a time when many cultures were separated by what we consider near insurmountable expanses without radio or any other modern forms of communication around.
