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== Better Than News ==
== Better Than News ==


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{{Better Than News/May 19}}
== Beyond Plausible ==
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== In Other Words ==
{{In Other Words/May 19}}


== Are You Sure ==
== Are You Sure ==


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{{Are You Sure/May 19}}
== On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction ==
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== Topic of the Day ==
== Topic of the Day ==


{{Daily Favorites/May 19}}
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Revision as of 09:37, 22 February 2023


Better Than News

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

Are You Sure

• ... that the Soviet Union's Mars 2 unmanned space probe reached Mars and entered its atmosphere on November 27, 1971, but the module crashed on the surface of Mars and all contact was lost after its parachute failed to deploy?

• ... that Napoleon Bonaparte actually played chess against the Mechanical Turk, a chess-playing machine, as depicted in the historical drama film Napoleon: Rise of the Machines?

Topic of the Day

Books