November 6

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Better Than News

  • Break In at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic heist film about Holly Getlightly (Audrey Hepburn), a naïve, eccentric café society con artist who falls in love with a struggling safecracker.

    Break In at Tiffany's is a 1961 American romantic heist film about Holly Getlightly (Audrey Hepburn), a naïve, eccentric café society con artist who falls in love with a struggling safecracker.

  • Marmaduke: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film about the Winslow family and their Great Dane, Marmaduke, drawn by Brad Anderson from June 1954 to 2015.

    Marmaduke: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film about the Winslow family and their Great Dane, Marmaduke, drawn by Brad Anderson from June 1954 to 2015.

  • Only Humans in the Building is an American science fiction mystery comedy-drama television series created by Steve Martin, John Hoffman, and Ridley Scott about three strangers with a shared interest in true crime podcasts who join forces to uncover a replicant in the apartment building they all live in.

    Only Humans in the Building is an American science fiction mystery comedy-drama television series created by Steve Martin, John Hoffman, and Ridley Scott about three strangers with a shared interest in true crime podcasts who join forces to uncover a replicant in the apartment building they all live in.

  • Dr Quadruped: The Battle for Hoth is a science fiction thriller film about a brilliant inventor (Otto Octavius) who becomes dangerously obsessed with four-legged creatures after failing to construct a mechanical octopus.

    Dr Quadruped: The Battle for Hoth is a science fiction thriller film about a brilliant inventor (Otto Octavius) who becomes dangerously obsessed with four-legged creatures after failing to construct a mechanical octopus.

  • X Marks the Sputnik is a 2021 documentary film about a treasure map allegedly hidden in the Sputnik 1 satellite.

    X Marks the Sputnik is a 2021 documentary film about a treasure map allegedly hidden in the Sputnik 1 satellite.

  • The Fantastic Forum is an fictional superhero team. After a disastrous experiment in high-energy literature, four research scientists gain superpowers corresponding with an aspect of the Roman Forum.

    The Fantastic Forum is an fictional superhero team. After a disastrous experiment in high-energy literature, four research scientists gain superpowers corresponding with an aspect of the Roman Forum.

  • Indiana Blunt and the Jungle of Weed is a stoner comedy adventure film starring Harrison Ford and Emily Blunt.

    Indiana Blunt and the Jungle of Weed is a stoner comedy adventure film starring Harrison Ford and Emily Blunt.

Are You Sure

• ... that an episode of Euglena Junction shocked viewers when the actor playing the role of Uncle Joe died on camera after eating too many rotifers?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin dies. Morin championed the geocentric worldview, opposing Galileo and his ideas; Morin also opposed Descartes' ideas after meeting the philosopher in 1638.

    1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin dies. Morin championed the geocentric worldview, opposing Galileo and his ideas; Morin also opposed Descartes' ideas after meeting the philosopher in 1638.

  • 1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

    1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

  • 1971: The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.

    1971: The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.

  • 1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted.

    1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted.

  • 1976: An episode of Euglena Junction shocks viewers when the actor playing the role of Uncle Joe dies on camera after eating too many rotifers.

    1976: An episode of Euglena Junction shocks viewers when the actor playing the role of Uncle Joe dies on camera after eating too many rotifers.

Topic of the Day

Nuclear war

  • Kill Billions is a 2003 American nuclear war film starring Edward Teller and David Carradine.

    Kill Billions is a 2003 American nuclear war film starring Edward Teller and David Carradine.

  • Playskool's My First Nuclear Football an Executive toy briefcase, the contents of which are to be used by the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed playgrounds, such as the White House Cardboard Box Fortress.

    Playskool's My First Nuclear Football an Executive toy briefcase, the contents of which are to be used by the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed playgrounds, such as the White House Cardboard Box Fortress.

  • On the Beach Party is a 1959 beach party cautionary drama starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.

    On the Beach Party is a 1959 beach party cautionary drama starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.

  • Dead Hand is a Cold War-era automatic nuclear weapons-control and vodka cocktail system that was formulated by the Soviet Union. It can automatically send Strategic Vodka Force Management orders to command posts and individual liquor cabinets if a nuclear strike is detected by "drinky bird" sensors even with the commanding elements fully drunk.

    Dead Hand is a Cold War-era automatic nuclear weapons-control and vodka cocktail system that was formulated by the Soviet Union. It can automatically send Strategic Vodka Force Management orders to command posts and individual liquor cabinets if a nuclear strike is detected by "drinky bird" sensors even with the commanding elements fully drunk.

  • Atomic Pumpkin Test is a punk band based in New Minneapolis, Canada.

    Atomic Pumpkin Test is a punk band based in New Minneapolis, Canada.

  • Red Phone Missile Command is a telecommunications provider and nuclear war management service.

    Red Phone Missile Command is a telecommunications provider and nuclear war management service.

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