Roundup: Israel-Gaza Conflict Continues; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Speaks on Majorie Taylor Green Confrontation
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“Don’t You Dare Go Hollow”: How the Ultra-Challenging ‘Dark Souls’ Became a Pandemic Balm [Ringer]
Interpol’s New App Allows Anyone to Help Track Down Stolen Art [Mental Floss]
Gambling, ‘Gladiator’ and goosebumps: the untold stories of Kevin Garnett’s rise to Hall of Fame [The Athletic]
The Mysterious Origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant [New Yorker]
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THE RACE to make the first feature film in space is heating up after Russia on Thursday announced plans to send an actress and a director to the cosmos this year.
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Everyone’s favorite well-endowed giant, the Cerne Abbas Giant on an English hillside (sorry, Shaq), just got endowed with something even bigger – a more accurate birthday. While it may seem obvious what someone of his ‘stature’ would wish for, let’s first find out how many candles he’ll be extinguishing.
“The science suggests he could be medieval, but intriguingly, surviving documents from Cerne Abbey don’t mention the giant. In the 16th century it’s as if the giant’s not there, and John Norden’s survey of 1617 makes no mention of him. And why would a rich and famous abbey – just a few yards away – commission, or sanction, a naked man carved in chalk on the hillside?”
How to avoid being blocked by WhatsApp as controversial new terms go live on SATURDAY
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May 13 2021, 11:50 ET
Updated: May 13 2021, 13:05 ET
THE DEADLINE for accepting WhatsApps new terms is just two days away.
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How to avoid being blocked by WhatsApp on May 15
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WhatsApp wants you to accept its new terms by May 15Credit: WhatsApp
The good news is even users who haven t accepted the new WhatsApp policies by the May 15 deadline still have a chance to keep their account working.
UK s spookiest places that have left historians completely baffled for centuries
From mysterious chalk carvings to secret tunnels to abandoned villages, Britain has no shortage of eerie local attractions that even top historians have failed to explain
The origins of the naked Cerne Abbas Giant drawn on a hill in Dorset remain a mystery (Image: PA)
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