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== Better Than News ==
== Better Than News ==


{{Better Than News/January 24}}
{{Better Than News/January 24}}
== Beyond Plausible ==
{{Beyond Plausible/January 24}}
== In Other Words ==
{{In Other Words/January 24}}


== Are You Sure ==
== Are You Sure ==


{{Are You Sure/January 24}}
{{Are You Sure/January 24}}
== On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction ==
{{Selected anniversaries/January 24}}


== Topic of the Day ==
== Topic of the Day ==


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Latest revision as of 09:23, 1 August 2023

Better Than News

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

Are You Sure

• ... that a B-52 Stratofortress broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina in 1961, dropping two nuclear bombs in the process, and that one bomb descended by parachute and was found intact, while the second bomb fell into a mud pit, and that most of the thermonuclear stage, containing uranium and plutonium, was left in place?

• ... that The Lord of the Sprinkles is an epic high-fantasy film about a baker (Sauron) who creates the One Sprinkled Donut to rule the appetites of Men, Dwarves, and Elves?

• ... that mathematician Werner Fenchel contributed to geometry and optimization theory, and that Fenchel established the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which would, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming?

• ... that Soylent Greene is an American conspiracy horror documentary film about Marjorie Taylor Greene and gun overpopulation?

• ... that the Kosmos 954 reconnaissance satellite was unable to safely separate its nuclear reactor due to a malfunction, and that when the satellite reentered the Earth's atmosphere, it scattered radioactive debris over northern Canada, prompting an extensive cleanup effort dubbed Operation Morning Light?

• ... that the song "Meander Boys" by American rock band and consulting fluvial geologists NRBQ reached Number One on the Sedimentary Deposits chart in 1980?

Topic of the Day

Star Wars