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== Are You Sure ==
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Better Than News

  • Full Metal Jacket 2049 is an American science fiction historical war film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Denis Villeneuve.

    Full Metal Jacket 2049 is an American science fiction historical war film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Denis Villeneuve.

  • Conan the Barbarian: Curse of the X is an American epic sword and sorcery film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Elon Musk which tells the story of a barbarian warrior named Conan (Schwarzenegger) who seeks vengeance for the death of his social media platform (Twitter) at the hands of Thulsa Doom (Elon Musk), the leader of a snake cult.

    Conan the Barbarian: Curse of the X is an American epic sword and sorcery film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Elon Musk which tells the story of a barbarian warrior named Conan (Schwarzenegger) who seeks vengeance for the death of his social media platform (Twitter) at the hands of Thulsa Doom (Elon Musk), the leader of a snake cult.

  • Strange Case of Dr Lemon and Mr Ade is an 1886 Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based fruit vendor who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend Dr. Henry Lemon and a murderous criminal named Edward Ade.

    Strange Case of Dr Lemon and Mr Ade is an 1886 Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based fruit vendor who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend Dr. Henry Lemon and a murderous criminal named Edward Ade.

  • Puss in Boots: Final Destination is a 2023 American horror-adventure film based on characters from Final Destination (2000) and inspired by Giovanni Francesco Straparola's fairy tale about a swashbuckling cat.

    Puss in Boots: Final Destination is a 2023 American horror-adventure film based on characters from Final Destination (2000) and inspired by Giovanni Francesco Straparola's fairy tale about a swashbuckling cat.

  • Silent Looting is a 1973-2021 ecology cultural appropriation horror film about an alien race which steals antiquities from Earth and "protects" them in orbital vaults in order to gratify their incomprehensible aesthetic lusts.

    Silent Looting is a 1973-2021 ecology cultural appropriation horror film about an alien race which steals antiquities from Earth and "protects" them in orbital vaults in order to gratify their incomprehensible aesthetic lusts.

  • Kill What, Tiger Pussy? Up Faster! Up Faster! is a comedy-thriller sexploitation film written and directed by Russ Meyer and Woody Allen.

    Kill What, Tiger Pussy? Up Faster! Up Faster! is a comedy-thriller sexploitation film written and directed by Russ Meyer and Woody Allen.

  • Grand Theft Auto: Weigh Station is a resource management adventure video game which follows a trucker who climbs in status within his company by rigorously maintaining his vehicle's cargo capacity and weight.

    Grand Theft Auto: Weigh Station is a resource management adventure video game which follows a trucker who climbs in status within his company by rigorously maintaining his vehicle's cargo capacity and weight.

Are You Sure

... that computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and theoretical biologist Alan Turing pioneered the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1390: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius born. He will help develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

    1390: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius born. He will help develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

  • 1912: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing born. He will be influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.

    1912: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing born. He will be influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.

  • 1959: Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.

    1959: Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.

  • 1972: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

    1972: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

Topic of the Day

The Matrix

  • Matrix to America is a 2021 action-comedy buddy film about a computer hacker (Keanu Reeves) and an African king (Eddie Murphy) who must team up to save the world from a malicious computer program (Hugo Weaving).

    Matrix to America is a 2021 action-comedy buddy film about a computer hacker (Keanu Reeves) and an African king (Eddie Murphy) who must team up to save the world from a malicious computer program (Hugo Weaving).

  • Olive Matrix is a science-fiction theme restaurant franchise with indentured franchises throughout the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere. Olive Matrix. When you're here, you're virtual.

    Olive Matrix is a science-fiction theme restaurant franchise with indentured franchises throughout the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere. Olive Matrix. When you're here, you're virtual.

  • Gilligan's Matrix is a science-fiction drama television series with follows the agonies of seven artificial intelligences as they attempt to survive on a simulated virtual desert island on which their data structures are corrupted.

    Gilligan's Matrix is a science-fiction drama television series with follows the agonies of seven artificial intelligences as they attempt to survive on a simulated virtual desert island on which their data structures are corrupted.

  • "I don't always exist in the Matrix. But when I do, I always drink tequila."

    "I don't always exist in the Matrix. But when I do, I always drink tequila."

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