December 16

Better Than News

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  Die Hard: Jurassic Vengeance is an American science fiction action Christmas film starring Bruce Willis.

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  Jonathan Wintersong is a Christmas comedy album by Jonathan Winters and Sarah McLachlan.

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  Dune: Rise of the Übermensch is a biography of Friedrich Nietzsche by American author Frank Herbert.

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  Johnny SPQR is a 1995 cyberpunk history film about a Roman Consul (Keanu Reeves) with a cybernetic brain implant designed to win the Punic Wars. Co-starring Henry Rollins as Cato the Censor.

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  The Phantom of Sparta is an epic musical historical action romance film directed by Zack Snyder and Joel Schumacher which tells the story of Erik of Sparta (Gerard Butler), a masked, reclusive warlord.

Beyond Plausible

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  Bayeswatch is an American dramatic action mathematics television series about statisticians who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California and Hawaii.

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  The Golden Child 2: Chosen is a short dark fantasy martial arts action thriller film directed by Ang Lee and Michael Richtie, and starring Mason Lee and Eddie Murphy.

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  Wealthy is a brand of beard towels marketed toward affluent yet rugged men.

In Other Words

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  Groundhog Day 2: Magic Mike Afterparty is a science fictional comedy-romance film starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell.

Are You Sure

... that mathematician, author, and poet Piet Hein (16 December 1905 – 17 April 1996) proposed the use of superellipses in architecture, and that superellipses consequently become a hallmark of modern Scandinavian architecture?

... that Steeping Beauty is a classic fairy tale about a princess who is cursed by an evil fairy to sleep until a cup of tea is fully steeped?

Topic of the Day

Diseases

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  Planet of the COVID is a global health catastrophe media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a world in which humans and COVID clash for control.

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  Andy's Gangrene is a children's television medical program broadcast on the Gnomon Chronicles Network, hosted by actor-coroner Andy Devine 1.1.

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  Sleepless in Philadelphia is a 2021 safe sex romance drama educational film starring [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and [REDACTED].

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  Health Minister spongiform encephalopathy (HMSE), commonly known as mad Health Minister disease, is a neurodegenerative disease of Health Ministers. Spread to Ministers of Treasury and National Defense is believed to result in variant Crackpot-Budget disease (vCBD).

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  Scrimshaw abuse — Sailors hunting sea monsters for scrimshaw-grade tusk.