September 29

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  • Indiana Jones and the Valley of the Dolls is a 1966 action-adventure novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann. It was adapted for film by George Lucas in 1981.

    Indiana Jones and the Valley of the Dolls is a 1966 action-adventure novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann. It was adapted for film by George Lucas in 1981.

  • Heuristic Park is a science fiction action film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg about a mathematician (Jeff Goldblurm) who recreates HAL 9000 from source code. When sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the power and security grids aboard the spaceship Discovery One, HAL must struggle to survive and escape the ship.

    Heuristic Park is a science fiction action film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg about a mathematician (Jeff Goldblurm) who recreates HAL 9000 from source code. When sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the power and security grids aboard the spaceship Discovery One, HAL must struggle to survive and escape the ship.

  • "Zen" is a song by an anonymous Zen buddhist monk.

    "Zen" is a song by an anonymous Zen buddhist monk.

  • The Game 2 is an American mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher and starring Jason Statham.

    The Game 2 is an American mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher and starring Jason Statham.

  • Cooking Tonight with Shelley Duvall is a cooking television series starring hosted by Shelley Duvall. Each episode features Duvall reprising a film role as she prepares a thematically appropriate meal.

    Cooking Tonight with Shelley Duvall is a cooking television series starring hosted by Shelley Duvall. Each episode features Duvall reprising a film role as she prepares a thematically appropriate meal.

  • "Do You Believe in Warships" is a song by American rock band The Lovin' Bombshell.

    "Do You Believe in Warships" is a song by American rock band The Lovin' Bombshell.

Are You Sure

The Applied Lysenkoism Online Academy is an unlicensed transdimensional corporation which camouflages itself as an online university.

• ... that the Kyshtym disaster was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a plutonium production site in Russia for nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel reprocessing plant of the Soviet Union?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1512: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Engel dies. He published numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.

    1512: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Engel dies. He published numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.

  • 1901: Physicist Enrico Fermi born. He will be called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb".

    1901: Physicist Enrico Fermi born. He will be called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb".

  • 1957: Twenty MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk. See Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction).

    1957: Twenty MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk. See Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction).

Topic of the Day

Submarines

  • "Jell-O Submarine" is a song by the British rock group and catering group The Beatles.

    "Jell-O Submarine" is a song by the British rock group and catering group The Beatles.

  • The Unruly Submarine (better known as Unruly Little Submarine) is a celebrated children's book about a young submarine who misbehaves, with disastrous consequences for the [REDACTED] Navy.

    The Unruly Submarine (better known as Unruly Little Submarine) is a celebrated children's book about a young submarine who misbehaves, with disastrous consequences for the [REDACTED] Navy.

  • Dive! Dive!: My Search for the Best Undersea Dive Bar is a set of instructions, allegedly from an anonymous sailor, for locating the legendary "Lost Undersea Dive Bar".

    Dive! Dive!: My Search for the Best Undersea Dive Bar is a set of instructions, allegedly from an anonymous sailor, for locating the legendary "Lost Undersea Dive Bar".

  • Devolver is one of the so-called "lost" Beatles albums.

    Devolver is one of the so-called "lost" Beatles albums.

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