Template:Are You Sure/January 24

• ... that a B-52 Stratofortress broke up in mid-air near Goldsboro, North Carolina in 1961, dropping two nuclear bombs in the process, and that one bomb descended by parachute and was found intact, while the second bomb fell into a mud pit, and that most of the thermonuclear stage, containing uranium and plutonium, was left in place?

• ... that mathematician Werner Fenchel contributed to geometry and optimization theory, and that Fenchel established the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which would, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming?

• ... that computer scientist Marvin Minsky invented the first randomly wired neural network learning machine, the SNARC, in order to prove the existence AESOP, an autonomous artificial intelligence manifesting itself as self-sustaining electron resonance patterns in the Earth's ionosphere?

• ... that the Kosmos 954 reconnaissance satellite was unable to safely separate its nuclear reactor due to a malfunction, and that when the satellite reentered the Earth's atmosphere, it scattered radioactive debris over northern Canada, prompting an extensive cleanup effort dubbed Operation Morning Light?