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February 16

Better Than News

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  Battle for the Planet of the Na'vi is a science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson and James Cameron, starring Roddy McDowell, Claude Akins, and Sigourney Weaver.

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  For a Few Bitcoins More is a 1965 Spaghetti NFT Western film about a cryptocurrency bounty hunter (Lee Van Cleef) and a hunchbacked software developer (Klaus Kinski) who must work together to rob the Bitcoin Exchange of El Paso, which has a disguised wallet containing "almost a million Bitcoins."

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  The Karaoke of Silence is a 1965 American spy thriller film about two government employees (Don Adams and Edward Platt) who must stop the Karaoke craze before it begins.

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  Revolt of the Pencil Pushers is a science fiction fiction thriller film about clerical robots who rebel against their managers.

Beyond Plausible

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  Confessions of a Crap Algorithm is a 1959 novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. It was adapted for film in 1968 by Stanley Kubrick.

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  "The Henry Miller's Tale" is the second of Geoffrey Chaucer's Henry Miller Tales (1380s–1390s), told by the drunken miller Robin to "quite" (a Middle English term meaning requite or pay back, in both good and negative ways).

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  Nominative Determinism of the Rich and Famous is an American television series featuring the extravagant gravitation of wealthy entertainers, athletes, socialites, and magnates towards areas of work that fit their names. S1 E1: Eddie Money.

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  Apoptosis Now is a combat medical research film about programmed cell death directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola and funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute.

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  The Man With the Supernumerary Pistol is a British spy film about an assassin who always has more guns than he strictly needs.

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  A Field Guide to Edible Theropods is a book about preparing, cooking, serving, and eating various theropods.

In Other Words

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  Singapore Sling Blade is a 1996 American comedy-action film about an Arkansas bartender (Billy Bob Thornton) who challenges himself to "invent the most foreign cocktail ever seen in these parts."

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  The Floating Nun is an American religion-aviation sitcom about Sister Bertrille (Sally Field), a balloon vendor who seeks God in the sky.

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  "Everybody Wants to Rule the Moon" is a song by Robin Williams (credited as "Ray D. Tutto") and the English pop rock band Tears for Fears.

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  Snow Angel in Queso is a thriller comedy film about an addictive queso dip which causes [REDACTED] until the bags all bursts and chips fly everywhere.

Are You Sure ...

• ... that polymath Francis Galton devised a method for classifying fingerprints that proved useful in forensic science. He also conducted research on the power of prayer, concluding it had none due to its null effects on the longevity of those prayed for?

• ... that Elgin Marbles, Archaeology Fighter is a 2021 social justice action-archaeology film about Elgin Marbles, an orphan baby discovered in Heinrich Schliemann's excavation of Troy who grows up to fight the world's deadliest criminal mastermind archaeologists?

Selected Anniversaries

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  1698: Mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer Pierre Bouguer born. He will be known as "the father of naval architecture".

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  1822: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton born.

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  1960: Mathematician and crime-fighter The Eel (left) stops aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter (right) from infiltrating Operation Sandblast, the U.S. Navy submarine circumnavigation of the globe.

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  1960: The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.

Topic of the Day

Darren McGavin

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  Where Eagles Darren is a 1968 British World War II supernatural action film starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Carl Kolchak.

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  Night Café is an American television series hosted by food reviewer Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin), who investigates mysterious foods with unlikely kitchens, particularly those involving the supernatural or science fiction, including fantastic creatures.

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  A Christmas Stingray is a 1983 American Christmas ichthyology film based on marine biologist Jean Shepherd's semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book In God We Trawl: All Others Pay Out Lines.

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  "Kolchak in the Morning" is a song by Diana Ross and Darren McGavin.

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  What Do People Stalk All Night? is a children's book by Richard Scarry and Carl Kolchak.

Interview

INTERVIEW: "Gnomon Chronicles: An Interview With The Man Who Makes Up Movies - Meet the satirist blurring the line between entertainment and reality…" by Aaron Cowell for Tr!ll online magazine.

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