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[[File:Franck Hertz Hg tube.jpg|thumb|175px|link=Franck–Hertz experiment (nonfiction)|A typical vacuum tube used to demonstrate the [Franck–Hertz experiment (nonfiction)|Franck–Hertz experiment]] in instructional laboratories. There is a droplet of mercury inside the tube (not visible in the photograph). The cathode (C) is electrically heated (note the orange glow), emitting electrons which pass through the metal mesh grid (G) which are collected as an electric current by the anode (A).]]
• ... that cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died in '''[[Soyuz 1 (nonfiction)|Soyuz 1]]''' when its parachute fails to open, and that Komarov is the first human to die during a space mission?


• ... that physicist and clergyman '''[[Jean-Antoine Nollet (nonfiction)|Jean-Antoine Nollet]]''' (1700–1770) investigated electrospray, notingd that water flowing from a vessel would aerosolize if the vessel was electrified and placed near electrical ground. He also noted that similarly "a person, electrified by connection to a high-voltage generator, would not bleed normally if he were to cut himself; blood would spray from the wound."?
• ... that mathematician and physicist '''[[Thomas Fincke (nonfiction)|Thomas Fincke]]''' introduced the modern names of the trigonometric functions tangent and secant?
 
• ... that film directors John Carpenter and David Lynch released separate director's cuts of their collaborative film '''''[[Assault on Eraserhead 13]]'''''?
 
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• ... that cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open, and that Komarov is the first human to die during a space mission?

• ... that mathematician and physicist Thomas Fincke introduced the modern names of the trigonometric functions tangent and secant?

• ... that film directors John Carpenter and David Lynch released separate director's cuts of their collaborative film Assault on Eraserhead 13?

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