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[[File:Baby Sarlacc 1.jpg|thumb|175px|link=Baby Sarlaac|Baby Sarlaac is a trade name for a juvenile sarlaac, popular as a novelty pet. The sarlaac catches its prey with a trapping structure formed by the terminal portion of each of the sarlaac's tentacles, which is triggered by tiny hairs (called "trigger hairs" or "sensitive hairs") on their inner surfaces. Adult sarlaacs feed mainly upon condemned criminals and unlucky bounty hunters, while juvenile sarlaacs feed upon insects, rodents, and small hominids such as immature ewoks.]]
• ... that astronomer and mathematician '''[[Peder Horrebow (nonfiction)|Peder Horrebow]]''' (14 May 1679 – 15 April 1764) invented a way to determine a place's latitude from the stars?


• ... that chemist and x-ray crystallographer '''[[Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|Rosalind Elsie Franklin]]''' made contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite; but although her works on coal and viruses were appreciated in her lifetime, her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were largely recognized posthumously?
• ... that mathematician '''[[Vera Faddeeva (nonfiction)|Vera Faddeeva]]''' (20 September 1906 - 15 April 1983) pioneered linear algebra; and that her ''Computational Methods of Linear Algebra'' (1950) was widely acclaimed?


• ... that '''[[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Norton Lorenz]]''' was a pioneer of chaos theory, and that Lorenz introduced the strange attractor notion and coined the term butterfly effect?
• ... that physicist '''[[Johannes Bosscha (nonfiction)|Johannes Bosscha Jr.]]''' (18 November 1831 – 15 April 1911) researched galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves; and that Bosscha was one of the first (1855) to suggest the possibility of sending two messages simultaneously over the same wire?


• ... that '''[[Baby Sarlaac]]''' is a trade name for a juvenile sarlaac, and that the sarlaac is currently under Extraterrestrial Species Act review by the U.S. Space & Alien Life Service due to the rapid decline of the sarlaac population in its native range?
• ... that '''''[[Titanic Maru]]''''' is an international shipping logistics horror film narrated by Cthulhu?

Latest revision as of 06:50, 2 March 2022

• ... that astronomer and mathematician Peder Horrebow (14 May 1679 – 15 April 1764) invented a way to determine a place's latitude from the stars?

• ... that mathematician Vera Faddeeva (20 September 1906 - 15 April 1983) pioneered linear algebra; and that her Computational Methods of Linear Algebra (1950) was widely acclaimed?

• ... that physicist Johannes Bosscha Jr. (18 November 1831 – 15 April 1911) researched galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves; and that Bosscha was one of the first (1855) to suggest the possibility of sending two messages simultaneously over the same wire?

• ... that Titanic Maru is an international shipping logistics horror film narrated by Cthulhu?

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