As complex as science, pop culture also has its own mysteries. If you're a real geek, you may have wanted to go after these myths or know how real a legend is or whether it was invented over the internet.

And it is exactly around all these bad stories that Cracked decided to look for the truth. Bringing together rumors about movies, games, and other subjects of nerd interest, the page listed the legends and explained how they are possible (or not).

Know what they are and tell us if you already knew that.

The real villain of “2001: A Space Odyssey” is IBM

You may be wondering about the logic of this, since the tech giant isn't even mentioned in the Stanley Kubrick classic, is it? For various theories on the Internet point out that the iconic HAL 9000 is nothing more than an allusion to the company.

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The evidence even seems obvious, since by turning an IBM letter in the alphabet you get the name of the famous killer computer - not to mention that the company was also responsible for creating artificial intelligence. On the other hand, Kubrick himself denied the possibility.

But a more attentive cinephile noticed a small detail as he reappeared in the feature film. First, the IBM logo actually appears in astronaut uniform. In addition, some passages show the same image being projected onto some characters' faces as they use the ship's central computer.

A YouTube user discovered the "Deadly Games" story even before the film's creators

The first film was a huge success, mainly because of its virtually unpublished plot and surprising ending. However, the studio was thrilled with the good result and released no fewer than six sequences, which made many people abandon the series in half. But even before “Deadly Games - The End” hit theaters, a user uncovered the mystery that linked all seven movies into one story.

In 2009 - a year before the last chapter debuted - user Toberoon posted a YouTube video in which he explains his theory that the character Dr. Gordon, who cuts his own foot in the first movie, was not only I live as he became Jigsaw's apprentice and successor.

Although he watched until the fifth feature, he described very well the logic that united the story. According to him, the main clue was that the killer had an impressive medical ability to torture his victims, even though he was an engineer. Thus, nothing more logical than the mutilated doctor participated in the carnage.

Is it possible to unravel the alphabet of The Legend of Zelda

Anyone who played any of the games in The Legend of Zelda series must have noticed that several passages are presented in a fictional alphabet that in no way resembles what we use. But what had to be a simple combination of random designs turned out to be a complex structure that really makes sense - although Nintendo's own encyclopedia said it was impossible to translate those messages.

With the release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword late last year, several fans gathered to prove that the company was wrong and that it was possible to find a way to translate Hylian's words into the alphabet we use. - which was done by user Sarinilli on her profile on Deviantart.

To this end, she compared the indecipherable messages with the translation described by the characters. Then it was enough to relate each letter to know exactly which character corresponds to a given drawing. A tiring work, but one that brought results.

Mysterious Beatles chord was unraveled by a math teacher

Considered one of the best Beatles songs, "A Hard Days Night" has always puzzled fans over its initial note. The chord used by George Harrison was virtually impossible to play perfectly.

However, Jason Brown, a professor at Dalhousie University, was able to recreate the mysterious opening from mathematical calculations. After six months of research and trial, the note was perfectly recreated. According to him, all his calculations showed that, to repeat the feat, it would be necessary to create a frequency of 29, 375 Hz and use the same combination of instruments used at the time. In short, something not simple to reproduce.

What is the resemblance between a crow and a desk?

Whoever read the classic "Alice in Wonderland" must have missed the riddle made by the Mad Hatter, as the character never answered the riddle. However, even after author Lewis Carroll explained that he had not thought of an answer, a fan was able to come to a conclusion long after the original publication.

Based on a message from the author himself to his readers in the 19th century, Denis Crutch found a subtle pun that even Carroll's editors did not realize, causing the puzzle's answer to be lost over time. At the time, he wrote:

“ Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front . "(Because it can produce some notes, although they are very boring; and it is never put backwards).

However, Crutch realized the author wrote " snowing " instead of " never, " which was promptly corrected before the book was published. That's when he found the subtlety of the joke: " snowing " is the inverse of " raven, " crow in English. When Carroll says no one puts them both backwards, it is because no one writes the word backwards.

The traveler in Charles Chaplin's time

You may have seen the video that shows a strange figure in the middle of a Charles Chaplin movie. The person is at odds with the environment of 1928, when the scene was recorded, because he appears to be using a cell phone - which was invented a long time later. It was not long before people thought it was a time travel.

Since DeLorean had not yet been invented, many people tried to find a logical explanation, to which user Crennycrenshaw brought the definitive and timeless answer to the question. According to him, it is a device that helped people with hearing problems. The item was manufactured by Siemens since the beginning of the last century and thus fully plausible in that context. As you can see on the company's own page, the use is very similar to that of a mobile phone - pressing against the ear - which created confusion.