April 15
Better Than News
Avengers: Age of Tron is an American superhero science fiction film directed by Steven Lisberger and Anthony and Joe Russo, and starring Chris Evans, Jeff Bridges, Robert Downey Jr., Bruce Boxleitner, Chris Hemsworth, David Warner, Mark Ruffalo, Cindy Morgan, and Scarlett Johansson.
The Man From D.U.S.T.B.O.W.L. is a historical drama spy psychological thriller television series written and directed by Ken Burns and starring David McCallum.
Cronenburger is a Canadian-American extreme body modification restaurant chain inspired by David Cronenberg's 1981 film Scanners.
The Bourne Legacy Hotel is an action comedy-drama film directed by Tony Gilroy and Wes Anderson, starring Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Jeremy Renner, and Rachel Weisz.
The Adventures of Bees Lightyear is a science fiction comedy horror fantasy film directed by Neil LaBute and Jordan Cole, starring Nicolas Cage and Tim Allen.
Before the Devil Knows You're Taking Lives is a psychological crime thriller directed by J. Caruso and Sidney Lumet, starring Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei, Angelina Jolie, and Kiefer Sutherland.
Beyond Plausible
Avian is a 1979 American science fiction poultry film about an aggressive and deadly chicken set loose on the commercial space hatchery Nostromo.
Matryoshka Recursion is a Russian psychological thriller film about an evil supernatural force (Vladimir Putin) who uses Matryoshka dolls to commit unspeakably recursive crimes.
In Other Words
"Pinball Saved My Life Tonight" is a song by Elton John.
Are You Sure
• ... that astronomer and mathematician Peder Horrebow (14 May 1679 – 15 April 1764) invented a way to determine a place's latitude from the stars?
• ... that mathematician Vera Faddeeva (20 September 1906 - 15 April 1983) pioneered linear algebra; and that her Computational Methods of Linear Algebra (1950) was widely acclaimed?
• ... that physicist Johannes Bosscha Jr. (18 November 1831 – 15 April 1911) researched galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves; and that Bosscha was one of the first (1855) to suggest the possibility of sending two messages simultaneously over the same wire?
• ... that Titanic Maru is an international shipping logistics horror film narrated by Cthulhu?
Selected Anniversaries
1452: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci born. His areas of interest will include painting, sculpting, architecture, invention, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.
1488: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci publishes groundbreaking treatise on applications of the Gnomon algorithm principle to powered flight.
1552: Mathematician and astronomer Pietro Cataldi born. Cataldi will contribute to the development of continued fractions and a method for their representation; he will also discover the sixth and seventh perfect numbers by 1588.
1707: Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler born. He will make important and influential discoveries in many branches of mathematics, and will introduce much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, such as the notion of a mathematical function.
1764: Astronomer and mathematician Peder Horrebow dies. he invent a way to determine a place's latitude from the stars.
1878: Physicist Ernst Ruhmer born. Ruhmer will invent applications for the light-sensitivity properties of selenium, including wireless telephony using line-of-sight optical transmissions, sound-on-film audio recording, and television transmissions over wires.
1911: Physicist Johannes Bosscha Jr. dies. Bosscha made important investigations on galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves; he was one of the first (1855) to suggest the possibility of sending two messages simultaneously over the same wire.
Topic of the Day
Scooby-Doo
Dinkley & Roth is a comedy television series starring Velma Dinkley and David Lee Roth.
Commoditizing Jerry's Legacy" is a potential profit-center currently under review by the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere as a replacement for Bezos Money.
"Let's drown those meddling campers before they discover the grow room on old Mister Withers' Haunted Toilet Paper Ranch. Then let's go out for Fat Baby sandwiches."
"Keen Vim Dally" is an anagram of "Velma Dinkley".
