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Better Than News
Battle for the Planet of the Na'vi is a science fiction film directed by J. Lee Thompson and James Cameron, starring Roddy McDowell, Claude Akins, and Sigourney Weaver.
For a Few Bitcoins More is a 1965 Spaghetti NFT Western film about a cryptocurrency bounty hunter (Lee Van Cleef) and a hunchbacked software developer (Klaus Kinski) who must work together to rob the Bitcoin Exchange of El Paso, which has a disguised wallet containing "almost a million Bitcoins."
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.
Revolt of the Pencil Pushers is a science fiction fiction thriller film about clerical robots who rebel against their managers.
Beyond Plausible
Confessions of a Crap Algorithm is a 1959 novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. It was adapted for film in 1968 by Stanley Kubrick.
"The Henry Miller's Tale" is the second of Geoffrey Chaucer's Henry Miller Tales (1380s–1390s), told by the drunken miller Robin to "quite" (a Middle English term meaning requite or pay back, in both good and negative ways).
Nominative Determinism of the Rich and Famous is an American television series featuring the extravagant gravitation of wealthy entertainers, athletes, socialites, and magnates towards areas of work that fit their names. S1 E1: Eddie Money.
Apoptosis Now is a combat medical research film about programmed cell death directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola and funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute.
The Man With the Supernumerary Pistol is a British spy film about an assassin who always has more guns than he strictly needs.
A Field Guide to Edible Theropods is a book about preparing, cooking, serving, and eating various theropods.
Are You Sure
• ... that polymath Francis Galton devised a method for classifying fingerprints that proved useful in forensic science. He also conducted research on the power of prayer, concluding it had none due to its null effects on the longevity of those prayed for?
• ... that Elgin Marbles, Archaeology Fighter is a 2021 social justice action-archaeology film about Elgin Marbles, an orphan baby discovered in Heinrich Schliemann's excavation of Troy who grows up to fight the world's deadliest criminal mastermind archaeologists?
Topic of the Day
Where Eagles Darren is a 1968 British World War II supernatural action film starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, and Carl Kolchak.
Night Café is an American television series hosted by food reviewer Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin), who investigates mysterious foods with unlikely kitchens, particularly those involving the supernatural or science fiction, including fantastic creatures.
A Christmas Stingray is a 1983 American Christmas ichthyology film based on marine biologist Jean Shepherd's semi-fictional anecdotes in his 1966 book In God We Trawl: All Others Pay Out Lines.
"Kolchak in the Morning" is a song by Diana Ross and Darren McGavin.
What Do People Stalk All Night? is a children's book by Richard Scarry and Carl Kolchak.