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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 14:49, 19 February 2023

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Better Than News

  • Inspirational Messages from Godzilla is an inspirationally oriented podcast written and hosted by Godzilla.

    Inspirational Messages from Godzilla is an inspirationally oriented podcast written and hosted by Godzilla.

  • Planet of the Teens is a 1968 American science fiction educational filmstrip which tells the story of an adult astronaut crew that crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future. Although the planet appears desolate at first, the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which teens have evolved into creatures with adult-like intelligence and speech, and have assumed the role of the dominant species.

    Planet of the Teens is a 1968 American science fiction educational filmstrip which tells the story of an adult astronaut crew that crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future. Although the planet appears desolate at first, the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which teens have evolved into creatures with adult-like intelligence and speech, and have assumed the role of the dominant species.

  • Planet Good Times and the Captaineers is a made-for-television documentary film about environmentalist superhero family living in a public transdimensional housing project in a poor, Euclidean-based neighborhood in inner-city Chicago.

    Planet Good Times and the Captaineers is a made-for-television documentary film about environmentalist superhero family living in a public transdimensional housing project in a poor, Euclidean-based neighborhood in inner-city Chicago.

  • Jesus Told Me To is a 1976 science fiction horror film about victims of apparently random murders who are inexplicably raised from the dead.

    Jesus Told Me To is a 1976 science fiction horror film about victims of apparently random murders who are inexplicably raised from the dead.

  • Gnomes: El Mariachis is a documentary film which explores the lives and music of gnomes in Mariachi bands, in Mexico and around the world. Shown here: closing celebration scene.

    Gnomes: El Mariachis is a documentary film which explores the lives and music of gnomes in Mariachi bands, in Mexico and around the world. Shown here: closing celebration scene.

  • Gone in Sixty Minutes is an hour-long American action heist news program hosted by Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie.

    Gone in Sixty Minutes is an hour-long American action heist news program hosted by Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie.

Beyond Plausible

  • "Precious and Few (Are the Fluids We Two Can Share)" is a song written by Stanley Kubrick and recorded by the American group Climax.

    "Precious and Few (Are the Fluids We Two Can Share)" is a song written by Stanley Kubrick and recorded by the American group Climax.

  • Gwangiworld is an American science fiction Western adventure thriller film directed by A film by Jim O'Connolly and Michael Crichton, and starring James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Benjamin, and James Brolin.

    Gwangiworld is an American science fiction Western adventure thriller film directed by A film by Jim O'Connolly and Michael Crichton, and starring James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Benjamin, and James Brolin.

In Other Words

  • Substance D: Origins is a science fiction thriller film starring Keanu Reeves and Charlton Heston. It is loosely based on the novel The Three Stigmata of Karl Marx by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.

    Substance D: Origins is a science fiction thriller film starring Keanu Reeves and Charlton Heston. It is loosely based on the novel The Three Stigmata of Karl Marx by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.

  • "Death of a Stalactite" is an one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek. The script is widely but erroneously attributed to Arthur Miller.

    "Death of a Stalactite" is an one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek. The script is widely but erroneously attributed to Arthur Miller.

  • McRib is a 1979 American science fiction fast-food horror film about an alien sandwich which threatens to destroy the Earth.

    McRib is a 1979 American science fiction fast-food horror film about an alien sandwich which threatens to destroy the Earth.

  • Procedurally Generated Urinal Cake is a transdimensional corporation which provides non-Euclidean urinal deodorizer blocks using procedurally generation techniques.

    Procedurally Generated Urinal Cake is a transdimensional corporation which provides non-Euclidean urinal deodorizer blocks using procedurally generation techniques.

Are You Sure

• ... that the Pascaline is a pioneering calculating machine designed and constructed by Blaise Pascal in order to reduce the laborious arithmetical calculations required by his father's work as supervisor of taxes in Rouen; and that Pascal's calculator was especially successful in the design of its carry mechanism, which adds 1 to 9 on one dial, and when it changes from 9 to 0, carries 1 to the next dial, an innovation which made each digit independent of the state of the others, enabling multiple carries to rapidly cascade from one digit to another regardless of the machine's capacity; and that Pascal was the first to shrink and adapt for his purpose a lantern gear, used in turret clocks and water wheels, which could resist the strength of any operator input with very little added friction?

Topic of the Day

Jack Nicholson

  • Five Easy Weddings and a Funeral is a drama buddy film about a surly oil rig worker (Jack Nicholson) whose rootless blue-collar existence belies his privileged youth as priest, and a serial husband (Hugh Grant) who wishes to marry five different women.

    Five Easy Weddings and a Funeral is a drama buddy film about a surly oil rig worker (Jack Nicholson) whose rootless blue-collar existence belies his privileged youth as priest, and a serial husband (Hugh Grant) who wishes to marry five different women.

  • The Sheening is a 1980 horror comedy buddy film about an alcoholic writer (Jack Nicholson) and a hard-partying bartender (Charlie Sheen) who raise hell at the Underlook Hotel.

    The Sheening is a 1980 horror comedy buddy film about an alcoholic writer (Jack Nicholson) and a hard-partying bartender (Charlie Sheen) who raise hell at the Underlook Hotel.

  • Blade Shiner is a comedy buddy film about an emotionally troubled drifter (Jack Nicholson) who befriends a memory-challenged billionaire (Joe Turkel) who pretends to be a bartender in his own luxury hotel.

    Blade Shiner is a comedy buddy film about an emotionally troubled drifter (Jack Nicholson) who befriends a memory-challenged billionaire (Joe Turkel) who pretends to be a bartender in his own luxury hotel.

  • Two Wolfes and the Merry Pranksters is a 2021 documentary film by The Rock 1.1 about Thomas Wolfe, Tom Wolfe, and Ken Kesey.

    Two Wolfes and the Merry Pranksters is a 2021 documentary film by The Rock 1.1 about Thomas Wolfe, Tom Wolfe, and Ken Kesey.

  • Hollywood Shuffle is a drama buddy film about two aging actors who hope to make one last film together.

    Hollywood Shuffle is a drama buddy film about two aging actors who hope to make one last film together.

  • Anchor Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy film about a businessman (Sandler) who must work with an unconventional ship designer (Jack Nicholson).

    Anchor Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy film about a businessman (Sandler) who must work with an unconventional ship designer (Jack Nicholson).

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