fact or fiction
Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the lesser known truths in the geek universe.
The Arrival of the Lagina Brothers: How Two Michigan Men Took Over the World’s Greatest Treasure Hunt
🏴☠️ They Read About Oak Island as Kids — Now They Own the Mystery It started with a magazine article. Long before the TV cameras, the sonar scans, and the global fanbase, Rick Lagina — a young boy growing up in Michigan — read a 1965 issue of Reader’s Digest that would change his life forever.
By Rukka Nova8 months ago in Geeks
5 Wild Historical Theories That Might Explain What’s Really Buried on Oak Island
🏴☠️ A Mystery So Big, It Could Hold All of History For over two centuries, treasure hunters have been digging through mud, rock, and legend on Nova Scotia’s Oak Island, chasing what might be the most ambitious buried secret in the Western world.
By Rukka Nova8 months ago in Geeks
The Oak Island Discovery of 1795: How a Depression Under a Tree Sparked the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
🌳 It All Started With a Depression Under an Oak Tree Before the TV crews. Before the Lagina brothers. Before metal detectors, sonar scans, and decades of theories…
By Rukka Nova8 months ago in Geeks
15 More Insane Human Facts You Probably Didn't Know — Part 5
Let’s continue the journey into how insanely impressive and strange the human body really is. From microscopic wonders to mental quirks, these 15 lesser-known facts will make you realize how much we still don’t understand about ourselves.
By SHADOW-WRITES8 months ago in Geeks
Who Was Jacob Waltz? The Mysterious German Immigrant Who Took the Secret of America’s Greatest Lost Treasure to His Grave
🏜️ A Name Written in Gold — and Shadows He was born Jacob Waltz, but the world remembers him as "The Dutchman." And more than 130 years after his death, the name still echoes through the desert canyons of Arizona, whispered by treasure hunters, conspiracy theorists, and local legends alike.
By Rukka Nova8 months ago in Geeks
Legend of the Superstition Mountains: How the Cast Got Rich Chasing a Treasure They Never Found
🏜️ The Gold May Be Lost — But the Real Fortune Was in the Mystery In the blazing heart of Arizona, just east of Phoenix, the Superstition Mountains loom like jagged sentinels. The name alone conjures images of ancient curses, spectral wanderers, and most famously — the Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine.
By Rukka Nova8 months ago in Geeks
Film Discussion: In the Heart of the Sea (2015). Content Warning.
I don't often watch films anymore. I just can't find the time but when a stretch does present itself, I like to immerse myself in someone else's vision for a while. Last night, it was Ron Howard's turn to present, in the highly esteemed theatre known as my lounge, his cinematic creation In the Heart of the Sea.
By Rachel Deeming8 months ago in Geeks
