Weekly Standard: Nostradamus, The True Hollywood Story?

In the most prevalent version of this tall tale, Nostradamus is said to have predicted in 1654 that "In the city of York, there will be a great collapse, two twin brothers will be torn apart by chaos. The third big war will begin when the big city is burning."

Wrong on three levels. This prophecy was written for a college term paper in 1997; Nostradamus wrote in a distinctive style of cryptic quatrains and anagrams; and he couldn't have written anything in 1654 because he died in 1566. Read the entire article here