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• ... that Italian physician '''[[Filippo Mazzei (nonfiction)|Filippo Mazzei]]''' befriended Thomas Jefferson, and the two men started what became the first commercial vineyard in the Commonwealth of Virginia?<br>
• ... that Italian physician '''[[Filippo Mazzei (nonfiction)|Filippo Mazzei]]''' befriended Thomas Jefferson, and the two men started what became the first commercial vineyard in the Commonwealth of Virginia?
• ... that '''[[Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|Enrico Fermi]]''''s computation of Santa Claus' flight path unexpectedly revealed a new [[Gnomon algorithm]] function which computes the brightness of Rudolph the Reindeer's red nose?<br>
 
• ... that '''''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Santa]]''''' is a 1969 spy film about the grinch Blofeld (Telly Savalas), who threatens to destroy the world's entire stockpile of Christmas presents?
 
• ... that astronomer '''[[Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|Vera Rubin]]''''s pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates was initially met with skepticism but was confirmed over subsequent decades?
• ... that astronomer '''[[Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|Vera Rubin]]''''s pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates was initially met with skepticism but was confirmed over subsequent decades?

Latest revision as of 11:08, 25 December 2021

• ... that Italian physician Filippo Mazzei befriended Thomas Jefferson, and the two men started what became the first commercial vineyard in the Commonwealth of Virginia?

• ... that On Her Majesty's Secret Santa is a 1969 spy film about the grinch Blofeld (Telly Savalas), who threatens to destroy the world's entire stockpile of Christmas presents?

• ... that astronomer Vera Rubin's pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates was initially met with skepticism but was confirmed over subsequent decades?