December 16
Better Than News
Die Hard: Jurassic Vengeance is an American science fiction action Christmas film starring Bruce Willis.
Jonathan Wintersong is a Christmas comedy album by Jonathan Winters and Sarah McLachlan.
Dune: Rise of the Übermensch is a biography of Friedrich Nietzsche by American author Frank Herbert.
Johnny SPQR is a 1995 cyberpunk history film about a Roman Consul (Keanu Reeves) with a cybernetic brain implant designed to win the Punic Wars. Co-starring Henry Rollins as Cato the Censor.
The Phantom of Sparta is an epic musical historical action romance film directed by Zack Snyder and Joel Schumacher which tells the story of Erik of Sparta (Gerard Butler), a masked, reclusive warlord.
Beyond Plausible
Bayeswatch is an American dramatic action mathematics television series about statisticians who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California and Hawaii.
The Golden Child 2: Chosen is a short dark fantasy martial arts action thriller film directed by Ang Lee and Michael Richtie, and starring Mason Lee and Eddie Murphy.
Wealthy is a brand of beard towels marketed toward affluent yet rugged men.
In Other Words
Groundhog Day 2: Magic Mike Afterparty is a science fictional comedy-romance film starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell.
Are You Sure
... that mathematician, author, and poet Piet Hein (16 December 1905 – 17 April 1996) proposed the use of superellipses in architecture, and that superellipses consequently become a hallmark of modern Scandinavian architecture?
... that Steeping Beauty is a classic fairy tale about a princess who is cursed by an evil fairy to sleep until a cup of tea is fully steeped?
Topic of the Day
Diseases
Planet of the COVID is a global health catastrophe media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a world in which humans and COVID clash for control.
Andy's Gangrene is a children's television medical program broadcast on the Gnomon Chronicles Network, hosted by actor-coroner Andy Devine 1.1.
Sleepless in Philadelphia is a 2021 safe sex romance drama educational film starring [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and [REDACTED].
Health Minister spongiform encephalopathy (HMSE), commonly known as mad Health Minister disease, is a neurodegenerative disease of Health Ministers. Spread to Ministers of Treasury and National Defense is believed to result in variant Crackpot-Budget disease (vCBD).
Scrimshaw abuse — Sailors hunting sea monsters for scrimshaw-grade tusk.