July 17

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Better Than News

  • Bill & Ted Light the Wick is an American science fiction crime film starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter as a two legendary hitman who come out of retirement to finish their high school history report.

    Bill & Ted Light the Wick is an American science fiction crime film starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter as a two legendary hitman who come out of retirement to finish their high school history report.

  • Casa Nova is an American romantic astronomy film directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller. It is loosely based on the GK Persei bright nova of 1901.

    Casa Nova is an American romantic astronomy film directed by Lasse Hallström, starring Heath Ledger and Sienna Miller. It is loosely based on the GK Persei bright nova of 1901.

  • Blue Lace Hooks is a 1958 erotic thriller film starring Lana Turner and Red Buttons.

    Blue Lace Hooks is a 1958 erotic thriller film starring Lana Turner and Red Buttons.

  • Dial A for Alien is a neo-noir science fiction crime film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Ridley Scott, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Sigourney Weaver, and Tom Skerritt.

    Dial A for Alien is a neo-noir science fiction crime film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and Ridley Scott, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Sigourney Weaver, and Tom Skerritt.

  • All in the Family 2 is an American science fiction television sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, and Yul Brynner.

    All in the Family 2 is an American science fiction television sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, and Yul Brynner.

  • The Three Stigmata of Southland Tales is a science fiction black comedy novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. It was adapted for film in 2006 by Richard Kelly.

    The Three Stigmata of Southland Tales is a science fiction black comedy novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. It was adapted for film in 2006 by Richard Kelly.

  • Monarchy of Needs is a self-help comedy buddy film about a psychologist (Abraham Maslow) who befriends the King of France (Louis XV).

    Monarchy of Needs is a self-help comedy buddy film about a psychologist (Abraham Maslow) who befriends the King of France (Louis XV).

  • The P-Value Man is a 1997 statistical mathematics drama film starring Tom Petty and David Brin.

    The P-Value Man is a 1997 statistical mathematics drama film starring Tom Petty and David Brin.

  • Probabilitios is a probability theory breakfast cereal which uses dice-like cereal bits to generate a unique pseudo-random taste sensation for each consumer.

    Probabilitios is a probability theory breakfast cereal which uses dice-like cereal bits to generate a unique pseudo-random taste sensation for each consumer.

Are You Sure

• ... that mathematician, physicist, and engineer Henri Poincaré studied the three-body problem, becoming the first person to discover a chaotic deterministic system, and laying the foundations of modern chaos theory?

• ... that New Ingredients for Old is a cookbook and memoir by Margaret Mead and Julia Child?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1845: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey dies. His government saw the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.

    1845: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey dies. His government saw the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.

  • 1911: Writer and philosopher Culvert Origenes criticized for his unpatriotic opinions.

    1911: Writer and philosopher Culvert Origenes criticized for his unpatriotic opinions.

  • 1912: Mathematician, physicist, and engineer Henri Poincaré dies. He made many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and celestial mechanics.

    1912: Mathematician, physicist, and engineer Henri Poincaré dies. He made many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and celestial mechanics.

  • 1920: Physicist and academic Gordon Gould born. He will invent and name the laser.

    1920: Physicist and academic Gordon Gould born. He will invent and name the laser.

  • 1944: The Port Chicago disaster: Munitions detonate while being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring 390 others at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United States.

    1944: The Port Chicago disaster: Munitions detonate while being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring 390 others at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United States.

  • 1944: Mathematician and anthropologist William James Sidis dies. He became famous first for his precocity and later for his eccentricity and withdrawal from public life.

    1944: Mathematician and anthropologist William James Sidis dies. He became famous first for his precocity and later for his eccentricity and withdrawal from public life.

Topic of the Day

Charles Dickens

  • Oliver! is a 1985 American political comedy film about a Marine Corps officer (Oliver North) who poses as an orphan in order to expose an illegal weapons trafficking operation.

    Oliver! is a 1985 American political comedy film about a Marine Corps officer (Oliver North) who poses as an orphan in order to expose an illegal weapons trafficking operation.

  • Crate Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens about Pip, an orphan boy whose apprenticeship as a carpenter leads to fame and fortune in the box-making trade.

    Crate Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens about Pip, an orphan boy whose apprenticeship as a carpenter leads to fame and fortune in the box-making trade.

  • Scroogebusters is a 1984 American supernatural Christmas film about a cynical and selfish parapsychologist who is haunted by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on possessing Santa Claus.

    Scroogebusters is a 1984 American supernatural Christmas film about a cynical and selfish parapsychologist who is haunted by a succession of ghosts on Christmas Eve intent on possessing Santa Claus.

  • Oliver Rx.

    Oliver Rx.

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