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Latest revision as of 18:08, 28 June 2024


Better Than News

  • Deadpool 2049 is a science fiction superhero film directed by Tim Miller and Denis Villeneuve, starring Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling.

    Deadpool 2049 is a science fiction superhero film directed by Tim Miller and Denis Villeneuve, starring Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling.

  • Neilly Dan was an American jazz-rock-country band comprising Neil Young, Walter Becker, and Donald Fagen.

    Neilly Dan was an American jazz-rock-country band comprising Neil Young, Walter Becker, and Donald Fagen.

  • "Educable Son" is an anagram of "Deacon Blues".

    "Educable Son" is an anagram of "Deacon Blues".

  • G.I. Joe Undersea Meals for One is a line of lunchbox foods designed for consumption during human-shark combat.

    G.I. Joe Undersea Meals for One is a line of lunchbox foods designed for consumption during human-shark combat.

  • "Brother, Can You Spare a Dimetrodon?" is one of the best-known dinosaur songs songs of the American Great Depression.

    "Brother, Can You Spare a Dimetrodon?" is one of the best-known dinosaur songs songs of the American Great Depression.

  • Support Your Local Hard Times is an American neo-Western noir thriller film starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, and Henry Fonda.

    Support Your Local Hard Times is an American neo-Western noir thriller film starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, and Henry Fonda.

  • Under Siege 3: Flag Day is an American drama film starring Sean Penn and Steven Seagal has two actors whose political differences spill over into their films.

    Under Siege 3: Flag Day is an American drama film starring Sean Penn and Steven Seagal has two actors whose political differences spill over into their films.

Beyond Plausible

  • Pocohontas 3: Battle for North America is a 2022 American revisionist historical science fiction film set in the late colonial era.

    Pocohontas 3: Battle for North America is a 2022 American revisionist historical science fiction film set in the late colonial era.

  • Spycraft is a reality television series in which souls of dead or dying secret agents compete to outwit each other for control of [REDACTED] and all of the other humans.

    Spycraft is a reality television series in which souls of dead or dying secret agents compete to outwit each other for control of [REDACTED] and all of the other humans.

In Other Words

Are You Sure

... that physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner?

... that The Glass Tweet Game is the last full-length tweet-chain by author and alleged time-traveler Hermann Hesse?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1598: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius dies. Ortelius created the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He was also one of the first to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

    1598: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius dies. Ortelius created the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He was also one of the first to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

  • 1712: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau born. His political philosophy will influence the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.

    1712: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau born. His political philosophy will influence the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.

  • 1824: Physician, anatomist, and anthropologist Paul Broca born. He will discover that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contain lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region -- the first anatomical proof of the localization of brain function.

    1824: Physician, anatomist, and anthropologist Paul Broca born. He will discover that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contain lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region -- the first anatomical proof of the localization of brain function.

  • 1825: Chemist and academic Emil Erlenmeyer born. He will contribute to the early development of the theory of structure, formulating the Erlenmeyer rule, and designing the Erlenmeyer flask.

    1825: Chemist and academic Emil Erlenmeyer born. He will contribute to the early development of the theory of structure, formulating the Erlenmeyer rule, and designing the Erlenmeyer flask.

  • 1875: Mathematician and academic Henri Lebesgue born. He will gain fame for his his theory of integration, which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).

    1875: Mathematician and academic Henri Lebesgue born. He will gain fame for his his theory of integration, which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).

  • 1889: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell dies. She was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.

    1889: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell dies. She was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.

  • 1906: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer born. She will develop a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she will share with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

    1906: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer born. She will develop a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she will share with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

  • 2023: Evening rain @ 9:03.

    2023: Evening rain @ 9:03.

Topic of the Day

Batman

  • The Fremen is a 2022 American superhero film about a dispossessed aristocrat (Robert Pattinson) who uncovers corruption in the Gotham Water Department while investigating the Sprinkler, a water thief who is targeting Gotham's elite.

    The Fremen is a 2022 American superhero film about a dispossessed aristocrat (Robert Pattinson) who uncovers corruption in the Gotham Water Department while investigating the Sprinkler, a water thief who is targeting Gotham's elite.

  • The Dark Tweet is a 2008 documentary film directed, produced, and co-written by The Joker. The film follows Bruce Wayne / Tweetman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) as they form an alliance to dismantle twitter bots released by anarchistic mastermind the Ledger (Joker) to undermine Tweetman's influence and throw the city into Facebook.

    The Dark Tweet is a 2008 documentary film directed, produced, and co-written by The Joker. The film follows Bruce Wayne / Tweetman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) as they form an alliance to dismantle twitter bots released by anarchistic mastermind the Ledger (Joker) to undermine Tweetman's influence and throw the city into Facebook.

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