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Better Than News

  • The C-Files is an American science fiction drama-sitcom television series set in a bar near FBI headquarters in Washington, where a group of agents meet to drink, relax, and discuss paranormal phenomena.

    The C-Files is an American science fiction drama-sitcom television series set in a bar near FBI headquarters in Washington, where a group of agents meet to drink, relax, and discuss paranormal phenomena.

  • How Stella Got Bigfoot Back is a romantic horror documentary film directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan and Bobcat Goldthwait, and starring Angela Bassett, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Whoopi Goldberg.

    How Stella Got Bigfoot Back is a romantic horror documentary film directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan and Bobcat Goldthwait, and starring Angela Bassett, Bobcat Goldthwait, and Whoopi Goldberg.

  • Of Mice and Squid is a 1939 South Korean survival drama television series about two men, George (Burgess Meredith) and his mentally-challenged partner Lennie (Lon Chaney Jr.), trying to survive a contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a

    Of Mice and Squid is a 1939 South Korean survival drama television series about two men, George (Burgess Meredith) and his mentally-challenged partner Lennie (Lon Chaney Jr.), trying to survive a contest where 456 players, all of whom are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a

  • NiCaddyshack is a 1980 American sports comedy film about Nickel–cadmium battery technology.

    NiCaddyshack is a 1980 American sports comedy film about Nickel–cadmium battery technology.

  • Misery Report is an American science fiction psychological thriller film starring Kathy Bates, James Caan, and Tom Cruise.

    Misery Report is an American science fiction psychological thriller film starring Kathy Bates, James Caan, and Tom Cruise.

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

  • Epik is a 1969 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. The story is set in a future 1992 where psychic powers are utilized in video games, while cryonic technology allows professional gamers to extend their careers.

    Epik is a 1969 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. The story is set in a future 1992 where psychic powers are utilized in video games, while cryonic technology allows professional gamers to extend their careers.

Are You Sure

... .. that mathematician and physician Marcel-Paul Schützenberger contributed to the fields of formal language, combinatorics, and information theory?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1654: Pascal wrote to Fermat, questioning his solution to the 'problem of the points,' a probability problem.

    1654: Pascal wrote to Fermat, questioning his solution to the 'problem of the points,' a probability problem.

  • 1781: Astronomer and mathematician Johann Kies dies. He was one of the first to propagate Isaac Newton's discoveries in Germany, and dedicated two of his works to the Englishman.

    1781: Astronomer and mathematician Johann Kies dies. He was one of the first to propagate Isaac Newton's discoveries in Germany, and dedicated two of his works to the Englishman.

  • 1932: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.

    1932: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.

  • 1976: Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden "inspired a generation of cryptographers," says actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian.

    1976: Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden "inspired a generation of cryptographers," says actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian.

  • 1996: Mathematician and Doctor of Medicine Marcel-Paul Schützenberger dies. Schützenberger contributed to the fields of formal language, combinatorics, and information theory.

    1996: Mathematician and Doctor of Medicine Marcel-Paul Schützenberger dies. Schützenberger contributed to the fields of formal language, combinatorics, and information theory.

Topic of the Day

Richard Nixon

  • "Pictures of Nixon" is a song by We Thoh.

    "Pictures of Nixon" is a song by We Thoh.

  • Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate is a 1959 buddy comedy film about a U.S. Vice President (Richard Nixon) and a Soviet First Secretary (Nikita Khrushchev) who exchange informal remarks through interpreters at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow on July 24, 1959.

    Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate is a 1959 buddy comedy film about a U.S. Vice President (Richard Nixon) and a Soviet First Secretary (Nikita Khrushchev) who exchange informal remarks through interpreters at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow on July 24, 1959.

  • "To smear your enemies during Investigative Committee witch hunts, see them humiliated before you in the House and Senate, and to hear the lamentation of their Commie Pinko lackeys in the press!" (Nixon the Barbarian)

    "To smear your enemies during Investigative Committee witch hunts, see them humiliated before you in the House and Senate, and to hear the lamentation of their Commie Pinko lackeys in the press!" (Nixon the Barbarian)

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