55 pointsby Kaibeezy7 hours ago3 comments

Lukas_Skywalker4 hours ago
For context: Erich von Däniken died on January 10, 2026 at the age of 90 years: https://x.com/vonDaeniken/status/2010314306894828023
- dang3 hours ago
  Ah, thanks! I had missed that. Let's move the thread to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46578867, which has that info. I'll put your twitter link in the toptext too.
foobar19622 hours ago
The gottcha moment in the article was when the questioner's name was revealed as PLAYBOY.
Myth Busted: Some people really did only buy it for the articles.
teew6 hours ago
Article is (1987) btw
- dang6 hours ago
  Added. Thanks!
  - Kaibeezy5 hours ago
    Aye, thx. Meant to.
    I’ll try to confirm the actual original source, you know, just for the article.