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[[File:Signaling by Napoleonic semaphore line.jpg|thumb|175px|link=Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)| Illustration of communication by [[Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)|mechanical semaphore telegraph]] in 1800s France.]]
• ... that '''[[George Metesky (nonfiction)|George Metesky]]''' (November 2, 1903 – May 23, 1994), better known as the Mad Bomber, terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries, and offices; that Metesky was angry and resentful about events surrounding a workplace injury suffered years earlier; and that Metesky planted at least 33 bombs, of which 22 exploded, injuring 15 people?
• ... that French inventor '''[[Claude Chappe (nonfiction)|Claude Chappe]]''' demonstrated a practical '''[[Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)|semaphore telegraph system]]''' in 1792, and that the system, with the backing of the French government, eventually spanned all of France?<br>
 
• ... that electrical engineer '''[[Oliver B. Shallenberger (nonfiction)|Oliver Shallenberger]]''' invented the first successful alternating current electrical meter, the forerunner of the modern electric meter, and that this invention was critical to general acceptance of AC power?<br>
• ... that the 1954 science fiction political thriller film '''''[[Astronaut Farm]]''''' is set aboard the Eric Blair Memorial Space Station, and that the film is loosely based on the novel ''Animal Farm'' by George Orwell?
• ... that '''[[Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|the Experimental Breeder Reactor I]]''' (EBR-I) was designed not to produce electricity, but to validate nuclear physics theory which suggested that a breeder reactor should be possible, and that experiments in 1953 revealed that the reactor was producing additional fuel during fission, thus confirming the hypothesis?<br>
 
• ... that the illustration "'''[[Humpty Dumpty At Bat]]'''" was originally scribbled on a cocktail napkin, and that it was later redrawn for the cover of the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book by the same name?
• ... that '''[[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (nonfiction)|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]]''' was a prolific inventor of mechanical calculators; and that he invented the Leibniz wheel, used in the arithmometer, the first mass-produced mechanical calculator?
 
• ... that '''[[Mesopelagium]]''' is a restaurant in New Minneapolis, Canada specializing in seafood from the mesopelagic zone; that Mesopelagium is owned and operated by a cooperative of professional oceanographer-chefs; and that all of the seafood is raised in underground aquaculture tanks which provide the high-pressure, low-light environment necessary to responsibly culture mesopelagic organisms?

Latest revision as of 10:35, 22 January 2022

• ... that George Metesky (November 2, 1903 – May 23, 1994), better known as the Mad Bomber, terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries, and offices; that Metesky was angry and resentful about events surrounding a workplace injury suffered years earlier; and that Metesky planted at least 33 bombs, of which 22 exploded, injuring 15 people?

• ... that the 1954 science fiction political thriller film Astronaut Farm is set aboard the Eric Blair Memorial Space Station, and that the film is loosely based on the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell?

• ... that Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a prolific inventor of mechanical calculators; and that he invented the Leibniz wheel, used in the arithmometer, the first mass-produced mechanical calculator?

• ... that Mesopelagium is a restaurant in New Minneapolis, Canada specializing in seafood from the mesopelagic zone; that Mesopelagium is owned and operated by a cooperative of professional oceanographer-chefs; and that all of the seafood is raised in underground aquaculture tanks which provide the high-pressure, low-light environment necessary to responsibly culture mesopelagic organisms?

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