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Pretty awesome news here for films fans. Researchers have uncovered a missing film from directing legend Alfred Hitchcock — in New Zealand of all places. The name of the movie is “The White Shadow” which should not be confused with the 1970s basketball TV show of the same name. This one is about twin sisters, one angelic and one that “has no soul.”
When many people hear the words “One Tree Hill,” they think of the WB TV show or the 1980s song from U2′s Joshua Tree album. But One Tree Hill is actually a real place in New Zealand. And the weirdest thing about it is that there is no “one tree” on the hill.
Why? Because one October night in 1994, a chainsaw-packing Maori man named Mike Smith climbed the hill to murder it.
Under normal circumstances, being in a confined space with a bunch of larvae wouldn’t be at all appealing. (I mean, seriously, who wants to do that?) But when the larvae glow in the dark and dangle threads from the ceiling of a dark New Zealand cave, they suddenly become something very delightful and strange.
Maybe you’ve noticed an odd trend over the last few days on various social networking sites and services — profile pictures are disappearing. In their place are solid black squares. Is there a new virus sweeping the Internet? Nope. As it turns out, people are changing their profile pictures on purpose.
A Zorb is a pair of inflatable balls large enough to contain a person. Zorbing is popular in New Zealand, and you can learn more about it in this HowStuffWorks podcast.
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