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From: Titus G <noone@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: OT SF Mythology
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:58:31 +1200
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On 12/07/24 03:53, Don wrote:
> Titus G wrote:
>> Durandal a sword said to be indestructible, the sharpest of all blades,
>> once wielded by the knight Roland under Charlemagne, and thenceforth
>> stuck in stone for 1,300 years, has disappeared from a French village.
>>
>> https://www.cbsnews.com/news/france-excalibur-like-sword-durandal-disappears-after-1300-years/

> The mythological Roland blew his horn, the Olifant, to signal
> Charlemagne. The sound carried for thirty leagues (90 miles). Such
> effort begot bright blood from Roland's' mouth as the veins in his
> temples and neck burst.
> 
> Perry Rhodan faces a similar situation on the planet Roland, where
> Perry's small squad must endure physical pain to send a gravitational
> wave SOS:

To summarise. Perry Rhodan dislodged the sword using a gravitational
wave. Einstein argued that gravitational waves did not exist. But the
sword has disappeared, therefore gravitational waves exist.