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== Better Than News == | |||
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== Beyond Plausible == | |||
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== In Other Words == | |||
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== Are You Sure == | |||
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== Topic of the Day == | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:22, 21 February 2023
Better Than News
Barbarella: Queen of Golden Pond is a science fiction family drama film directed by Roger Vadim and Mark Rydell, starring Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Jane Fonda.
Schitt's World is a Canadian science fiction comedy-drama television series starring Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Levy, and Annie Murphy.
The Seventh Sense is a psychological horror historical fantasy film starring Max von Sydow and Haley Joel Osment, and directed by Ingmar Bergman and M. Night Shyamalan.
John Carpenter's It is a science fiction horror film about an alien parasite which disguises itself as a circus clown.
Days of Leveling is a 1978 American romantic fantasy adventure film written and directed by Terrence Malick, and starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, and Linda Manz.
Aping Bad is an American crime nature drama television series.
Donnie al Fresco is a 1997 American restaurant review film about an undercover food reviewer who infiltrates Bonanno crime family restaurants in New York City during the 1970s.
Beyond Plausible
A Piece of the Casino is a science fiction crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonard Nimoy and Sharon Stone.
"Coroner Panic" is an anagram of "Capricorn One".
In Other Words
America's Got Talents is a televised American weights and measures competition.
The Day the Bomb Cried is an unfinished and unreleased 1972 Swedish-French war film directed by and starring Jerry Lewis.
Are You Sure
• ... that theoretical physicist Max Planck (1858–1947) took singing lessons and played piano, organ and cello, and composed songs and operas, but chose to study physics rather than music, and later was awarded the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering contributions to quantum physics?
• ... that World War X is a 2013 documentary film about the Biblical story of Moses (Brad Pitt), a United Nations locust researcher adopted by Pharaoh (Charlton Heston) who accidentally releases a religious zombie pandemic?
• ... that inventor Edward Hebern (1869–1952) was an early designer and manufacturer of rotor encryption machines; that when Herbern tried to sell his equipment to the US Government, William F. Friedman found at least one method of attack; and that Hebern's company did not prosper, his promotional efforts for it were questioned, and he was tried and convicted for fraud?
Topic of the Day
Spices
Where's Pepper? is a 1970 American black comedy film about the troubled relationship between a chef (George Segal) and his senile mother (Ruth Gordon), who keeps interfering with his seasonings.
Spice Me Up Before You Go-Go" (better known as "'Cardamom") is a song by the spice trader duo Whom?
"Luck Be a Bay Leaf" is a song about a sous chef, Earther Server, who hopes that he will win a bet, the outcome of which will decide whether or not he is able to prepare his signature dish with the garnish of his dreams.
Can This Marriage Be Saved By Nutmeg? is a best-selling book on the Nutmeg Method, a controversial marriage counseling technique.
Abseiling Cinnamon is a 2022 documentary film about the Cinnamon Peak Abseiling Challenge sporting event.
