Twitter reports that its users are sent an average of 140M tweets a day last month. That adds up to a billion a week, in round numbers. Another impressive statistic their post cites is that last month saw an average of 460K new Twitter accounts per day. Both numbers are very impressive.

Liz Gannes comments on the fact that Twitter does not report on the total number of users it has or how many of these are active. The number of users is thought to be over 200M, but I recall data that is now over a year old estimating that 40% of the users have made no tweets and 80% have made fewer that 10 tweets. Maybe the bulk of those 460K new users a day are signing up to follow @charliesheen.

“Ace of Cakes” star baker Jeffrey “Duff” Goldman ’97, philosophy, is expanding his brand to include a line of cake-inspired Blue Bunny ice cream flavors, the Baltimore Sun reports.

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Day Light Savings Time  results in sleep loss.  But traffic accidents and heart attacks may be linked to the change in time!

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Finally there is a breakthrough that has researchers, archaeologists, scientists, historians …. practically everyone excited about the possibility of verifying the ACTUAL existence of Atlantis! The much disputed location of the lost city is believed to be found in “mud flats in Southern Spain.”

An international team of researchers led by a U.S. backed expedition discovered a city submerged by the vast marshlands of the Dona Ana Park, just north of Cadiz Spain.

In addition to analyzing satellite imagery to inspect the site, a bevy of advanced technological instruments were used to confirm their findings.

In the past two years, archaeologists and geologists have quietly been surveying the site using “a combination of deep-ground radar, digital mapping and underwater technology.”

Very exciting stuff, to be able to prove myths and legends.  Especially one that dates back 2,600 years ago to the writings of Plato, the only known historical source.

What about the whole island sinking beneath the sea story? There is a scientific explanation for that too.

Head researcher Richard Freund explains that Tsunamis in the region have been documented for centuries.  And to top things off, Freund discovered strange “memorial cities” in Central Spain that were built in the image of Atlantis.

“We found something that no one else has ever seen before, which gives it a layer of credibility, especially for archaeology, that makes a lot more sense,” Freund said.

Now, what about all the other mysterious unexplained myths and legends, do they stand a chance?

• El Dorado: “The Lost City of Gold” that eluded the Spanish Conquistadors.

• King Arthur and the Holy Grail

• Nasca Lines: Huge drawings (geoglyphs) in the desert of Peru that can only be viewed from high altitudes or space.

What do all of these puzzling mysteries have in common …… besides Disney movies?  They are all mind blowing possibilities that put into question the astonishing capability of the human race.