Template:Selected anniversaries/October 24

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  Electric S'mores open for business.

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  Dalton Trumbo refuses to betray friends and principles, enjoys state-sponsored meals for nearly a year.

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  The Joker imprisons, tortures famed physicist Galileo Galilei. Church authorities say they are "powerless to intervene".

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  Galileo, imprisoned on trumped-up charges, uses nail to scratch the equation E pur si muove on dungeon wall, cuts his way to freedom.

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  Dark Side of the Moon "kept my spirits up during the ordeal", Galileo heard to mutter while leaving the courtroom.

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  Early techno-thriller fails Turing test, author invents High-energy literature techniques to improve readability.

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  Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."

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  Asclepius Myrmidon provides emergency medical services after Pi disaster.