February 20

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Better Than News

  • Wolfgang Mozart's Day Off is an American teen period biographical comedy-drama film directed by Miloš Forman and John Hughes, starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Matthew Broderick, and Jeffrey Jones.

    Wolfgang Mozart's Day Off is an American teen period biographical comedy-drama film directed by Miloš Forman and John Hughes, starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Matthew Broderick, and Jeffrey Jones.

  • The Flat Side of the Moon is a concept album by the British progressive astronomical research group Kind of Ply.

    The Flat Side of the Moon is a concept album by the British progressive astronomical research group Kind of Ply.

  • My Three Sons: The Next Generation is a television series about three crime-fighting brothers from the future (ZZ Top) who must go back to the past to prevent their father (Fred MacMurray) from inventing the time machine.

    My Three Sons: The Next Generation is a television series about three crime-fighting brothers from the future (ZZ Top) who must go back to the past to prevent their father (Fred MacMurray) from inventing the time machine.

  • "If I Were the Carpenter" is a song by Tim Hardin about Lewis Carroll.

    "If I Were the Carpenter" is a song by Tim Hardin about Lewis Carroll.

  • Bee Squad is a television show about an optimistic young beekeeper (Jason Statham) on a mission to save the Earth.

    Bee Squad is a television show about an optimistic young beekeeper (Jason Statham) on a mission to save the Earth.

  • CSI: Antikythera Mechanism is an archaeology procedural forensics crime drama television series about a team of detectives who use the Antikythera mechanism to solve crimes.

    CSI: Antikythera Mechanism is an archaeology procedural forensics crime drama television series about a team of detectives who use the Antikythera mechanism to solve crimes.

Are You Sure

• ... that the Soviet Union's Mir spacecraft orbited the Earth for 15 years, and was occupied for ten of those years?

• ... that physicist and academic Laura Bassi championed Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy in Italy?

• ... that the documentary film Tubular Elves is loosely based on the non-fictional album Tubular Bells; and that the non-fictional album Tubular Bells accidentally contains Morse code sent to UK military submarines?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1771: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan dies. His observations and experiments inspired the beginning of what is now known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.

    1771: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan dies. His observations and experiments inspired the beginning of what is now known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.

  • 1788: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi dies. She was one of the key figures in introducing Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy to Italy.

    1788: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi dies. She was one of the key figures in introducing Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy to Italy.

  • 1972: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer dies. She developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

    1972: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer dies. She developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

  • 1974: Premiere of Tubular Elves, a short documentary film about how the album Tubular Bells accidentally recorded machine elves during UK military submarine communication tests.

    1974: Premiere of Tubular Elves, a short documentary film about how the album Tubular Bells accidentally recorded machine elves during UK military submarine communication tests.

  • 1986: The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.

    1986: The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.

Topic of the Day

Whales
  • "Experimental Methods in Morphogenesis Research" is a monograph by ichthyologist and alleged time-traveler H.G. Whales.

    "Experimental Methods in Morphogenesis Research" is a monograph by ichthyologist and alleged time-traveler H.G. Whales.

  • Call me HTML is the iconic opening sentence of the novel Moby-Web.

    Call me HTML is the iconic opening sentence of the novel Moby-Web.

  • "Spock is not coming back" is a short tragic poem by Karl Jones.

    "Spock is not coming back" is a short tragic poem by Karl Jones.

  • Moby-Pink; or, The Girl is an 1851 novel featuring the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Orchid, for revenge on Moby Pink, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's penis at the [REDACTED].

    Moby-Pink; or, The Girl is an 1851 novel featuring the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Orchid, for revenge on Moby Pink, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's penis at the [REDACTED].

  • Scrimshaw abuse, sometimes known as ivory towering, is a patterned use of scrimshaw in which the scrimshander produces scrimshaw with images or side-effects which are harmful to themselves or others.

    Scrimshaw abuse, sometimes known as ivory towering, is a patterned use of scrimshaw in which the scrimshander produces scrimshaw with images or side-effects which are harmful to themselves or others.

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