February 8

Fermentation.

Better Than News

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  Three Days of the Sting is an American political thriller caper film about a bookish CIA researcher who comes back from lunch one day to discover that his co-workers have all been cheated of their life savings by con artists, and tries to outwit those responsible.

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  Cooper Black, Forensic Typographer is an American dramatic police typography television series loosely based on the life of pioneering forensic typographer "Supercool" Drew Cabo.

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  Are You There God? It's Me, M3GAN. is an American coming-of-age science fiction comedy-horror film directed by Kelly Fremon Craig and Gerard Johnstone, about an artificially intelligent doll who develops self-awareness and becomes hostile toward anyone who comes between her and God.

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  Into Dreddness is a dystopian science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and J. J. Abrams, and starring Karl Urban and Benedict Cumberbatch.

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  "I'm Only Reuben" is a song by the rock band and catering firm The Beatles.

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  The Transmigration of Timothy Broken Arrow is an action-thriller film starring John Travolta, Christian Slater, and Angel Archer, based on the novel of the same name by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.

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  "Hodor Love" is a song by Valyrian Earring.

Beyond Plausible

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  The Terroir is a 2007 novel by Mason S. Minds which tells a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's search for the fabled Northwest Vineyards. Plagued by starvation, illness, and cheap merlot, Franklin and his men are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by the Phylloxerum, a supernaturally cold-resistant swarm of vine-eating parasites.

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  One Flew Over the Cool Hand's Nest is an American psychological prison drama film directed by Miloš Forman and Stuart Rosenberg and starring Jack Nicholson and Paul Newman.

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  The Final Pencil is an educational standardized testing horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan.

In Other Words

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  "(You're) Having My Bomb Bay" is a song by [REDACTED].

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  Terminator: Close and Play is a science fiction comedy adventure film about a retired robotic soldier which collects pre-War 45 RPM records.

Are You Sure

• ... that Steely Kubrick was an American rock band and film production company comprising Steely Dan and film director Stanley Kubrick?

• ... that polymath John von Neumann was concerned that the Soviet Union would achieve nuclear superiority over the United States, and that von Neumann designed and promoted the policy of Mutually Assured Destruction with the intention of limiting the arms race?

• ... that the so-called "carnivorous dirigible" (Dirigible horribilis) is a species of grazing ruminant airship, neither carnivorous nor horrible, and that it evolved from early experiments in artificial intelligence?

Topic of the Day

Rock bands

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  Fleetwood Big Mac are a British-American rock fast-food band, formed in London in 1967.

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  Demolition Manfred Mann were an English-American rock band, featuring keyboardist Manfred Mann and actors Wesley Snipes and Sylvester Stallone.

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  Queerosmith is a British-American rock band comprising Queen and Aerosmith.

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  Big Star Baby is a British-American rock band comprising Big Star and the Guess Who. They are known for their hit song "Big Star Baby".

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  Bread Zeppelin is a British-American rock band comprising Led Zeppelin and Bread.

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  Steely Kubrick was a American rock band and film production company comprising Steely Dan and film director Stanley Kubrick.

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  Walking Heads were an arctic rock band formed by a parasitic alien monster from the bodies of David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison. Described as "one of the most critically acclaimed nightmares of the '80s", the group helped to pioneer new horror music by integrating elements of isolation, freezing temperatures, and fear of a monstrous alien life form.