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


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== Beyond Plausible ==
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== In Other Words ==
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== Are You Sure ==
== Are You Sure ==


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{{Are You Sure/April 21}}
== On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction ==
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== Topic of the Day ==
== Topic of the Day ==


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Latest revision as of 10:22, 21 February 2023


Better Than News

  • Aleph-Null Boy is an animated children's superhero set theory educational television series.

    Aleph-Null Boy is an animated children's superhero set theory educational television series.

  • The Hunt for Rocky Horror is a submarine comedy spy horror film starring Tim Curry and Sean Connery.

    The Hunt for Rocky Horror is a submarine comedy spy horror film starring Tim Curry and Sean Connery.

  • Tweetless in Seattle is an American romantic comedy-drama social media film starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, and Elon Musk.

    Tweetless in Seattle is an American romantic comedy-drama social media film starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, and Elon Musk.

  • Home for the Holidays is a 2024 family comedy-drama science fiction adventure film directed by Jodie Foster, starring Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., and Anne Bancroft.

    Home for the Holidays is a 2024 family comedy-drama science fiction adventure film directed by Jodie Foster, starring Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., and Anne Bancroft.

  • Memecop is a science fiction social media crime film directed by Peter Hyams and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

    Memecop is a science fiction social media crime film directed by Peter Hyams and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

  • Soylent Orange is a dystopian ecological crime film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Richard Fleischer, starring Malcolm McDowell and Charlton Heston.

    Soylent Orange is a dystopian ecological crime film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Richard Fleischer, starring Malcolm McDowell and Charlton Heston.

Beyond Plausible

  • Protect the Right Thing is a Hong Kong-American comedy-drama action film starring Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello.

    Protect the Right Thing is a Hong Kong-American comedy-drama action film starring Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello.

  • Yeast of Eden is a 1955 American period drama film about a wayward young baker (James Dean) who, while seeking his own identity, vies for the yeast of his deeply religious father against his favored brother, thus retelling the story of Cain and Abel.

    Yeast of Eden is a 1955 American period drama film about a wayward young baker (James Dean) who, while seeking his own identity, vies for the yeast of his deeply religious father against his favored brother, thus retelling the story of Cain and Abel.

  • Room 101 is an American psychological horror television series starring Lloyd Haynes and Paul Dano.

    Room 101 is an American psychological horror television series starring Lloyd Haynes and Paul Dano.

In Other Words

  • "He thinks he can sit it out and still tweet a slice? I know why they call him the Tweetman." (The Dark Tweet).

    "He thinks he can sit it out and still tweet a slice? I know why they call him the Tweetman." (The Dark Tweet).

Are You Sure

• ... that physicist, astronomer, and mathematician Jean-Baptiste Biot establish the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light?

• ... that the Waking of the Slate is a tradition in the Welsh slate mining industry, and that the slate is traditionally woken with reveille call on bugle?

Topic of the Day

Simon & Garfunkel

  • "Mycelia" is a song by Simon & Garfunkel.

    "Mycelia" is a song by Simon & Garfunkel.

  • The Karaoke of Silence is a 1965 American spy thriller film about two government employees (Don Adams and Edward Platt) who must stop the Karaoke craze before it begins.

    The Karaoke of Silence is a 1965 American spy thriller film about two government employees (Don Adams and Edward Platt) who must stop the Karaoke craze before it begins.

  • "Bridge Under Troubled Water" is a song by Simon and Garfunkel 1.1 about global climate change and sea level rise.

    "Bridge Under Troubled Water" is a song by Simon and Garfunkel 1.1 about global climate change and sea level rise.

  • Don't talk of Clothes / Well I've heard the word before / It's sleeping in my Wardrobe / I won't disturb the slumber of Fashions in their grave / If I never Dressed I never would have Shaved / I am a Shirt / I am a Hoodie.

    Don't talk of Clothes / Well I've heard the word before / It's sleeping in my Wardrobe / I won't disturb the slumber of Fashions in their grave / If I never Dressed I never would have Shaved / I am a Shirt / I am a Hoodie.

  • Three Days of El Condor Pasa is a 1975 American political musical film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. Set mainly in a small mining village in the Andes, the film follows a bookish CIA researcher who returns to his childhood home in the village only to discover that all of the miners, and many of their wives and children, have been murdered or disappeared by Operation Condor.

    Three Days of El Condor Pasa is a 1975 American political musical film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, and Max von Sydow. Set mainly in a small mining village in the Andes, the film follows a bookish CIA researcher who returns to his childhood home in the village only to discover that all of the miners, and many of their wives and children, have been murdered or disappeared by Operation Condor.

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