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There’s got to be a better headline - the sword’s name and legend looks just as compelling as Excalibur even if not as well known (outside France)
The point is that Excalibur is well known and Durendal isnt. They want eyes, and so make the article headline reference something everyone knows, then educate in the article body.
Durandal is well known by people whose opinions on swords in stones matter
That probably wasn't the target audience of the article. It was probably people who were more likely to know Excalibur than Durendal.
Counterpoint: The opinions of people that know about Durandal don't matter to the people whose opinions matter about article headlines.
Why would illiterate people care about article headlines?