December 7
Better Than News
I, Marta is a biographical drama film about Marta, a slave girl held prisoner on Elba II.
Hunger Games: Rise of the Citrus is a dystopian science fiction foodie film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson.
Alien: The Garfield Years is and animated comedy science fiction horror television series about Garfield, a lazy, fat, and cynical orange persian/tabby cat who plays host to an aggressive alien parasite named John.
Quilted Northern Luxury Tea is a brand of quilted tea bags on a roll.
If only we'd conceded Scandinavia to the Neanderthals is a political slogan associated with the irredentist Polar Repatriation League (PRL).
Mr. Gentleman European Soccer is a brand of Association football sold in the United States.
Unicorn Dundee is a 1986 fantasy action zoology film starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski.
Viagra Tastee Tape is a food-grade adhesive tape containing an active dosage of sildenafil, a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Are You Sure
... that astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (10 May 1900 – 7 December 1979) established, in her doctoral thesis, that hydrogen is the overwhelming constituent of stars, and accordingly the most abundant element in the universe?
On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction
903: Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi born. He will publish his Book of Fixed Stars in 964.
1823: Mathematician Leopold Kronecker born. His work will include number theory, algebra, and logic.
1963: Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1979: Astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin dies. Her doctoral thesis established that hydrogen is the overwhelming constituent of stars, and accordingly the most abundant element in the universe.
Topic of the Day
Dune
Cocaine Baron is a 2023 science fiction horror film starring Stellan Skarsgård as a ruthless drug lord who goes on a cocaine-and-melange fueled rampage.
Thumper King is an international chain of spiced hamburger fast food restaurants.
Frank Herbert's Groot is a children's adventure book by Frank Herbert which combines elements of his June (credited to Frank Herbert 1.1 "as told to OrbGazer") and the character Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy.
James Cameron's Dune is a science fiction adventure film directed by James Cameron based on Frank Herbert's novel Dune about the planet Avatar, the only source of Unobtanium, the spice which enables interstellar travel.
Harkonnen is a science fiction heist film starring Burgess Meredith as a ruthless interplanetary crime boss.