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


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{{Better Than News/April 15}}
== 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 15}}
== 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 10:21, 21 February 2023

Better Than News

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

Are You Sure

• ... that astronomer and mathematician Peder Horrebow (14 May 1679 – 15 April 1764) invented a way to determine a place's latitude from the stars?

• ... that mathematician Vera Faddeeva (20 September 1906 - 15 April 1983) pioneered linear algebra; and that her Computational Methods of Linear Algebra (1950) was widely acclaimed?

• ... that physicist Johannes Bosscha Jr. (18 November 1831 – 15 April 1911) researched galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves; and that Bosscha was one of the first (1855) to suggest the possibility of sending two messages simultaneously over the same wire?

• ... that Titanic Maru is an international shipping logistics horror film narrated by Cthulhu?

Topic of the Day

Scooby-Doo