December 29

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Better Than News

  • Die Hard: 1170 AD is an epic historical action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Thomas Becket.

    Die Hard: 1170 AD is an epic historical action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Thomas Becket.

  • NOAA is a 2014 post-Biblical drama-science film starring Russell Crowe and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

    NOAA is a 2014 post-Biblical drama-science film starring Russell Crowe and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

  • Hollywood Shuffle is a drama buddy film about two aging actors who hope to make one last film together.

    Hollywood Shuffle is a drama buddy film about two aging actors who hope to make one last film together.

  • "By the Time I Get to Felix" is a song by Jimmy Webb, Glenn Campbell, Pat Sullivan, and Otto Messmer.

    "By the Time I Get to Felix" is a song by Jimmy Webb, Glenn Campbell, Pat Sullivan, and Otto Messmer.

  • "Cawlifornia Girls" is a song by The Hobby Aces.

    "Cawlifornia Girls" is a song by The Hobby Aces.

Beyond Plausible

  • Asynchronous Fiction is a 1994 American independent crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino about several interweaving dynamics, each of which is far from synchronization.

    Asynchronous Fiction is a 1994 American independent crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino about several interweaving dynamics, each of which is far from synchronization.

  • Game of Stools is a fantasy crime comedy-drama television series directed by Max Barbakow, based on a story by Etan Cohen and George R. R. Martin.

    Game of Stools is a fantasy crime comedy-drama television series directed by Max Barbakow, based on a story by Etan Cohen and George R. R. Martin.

  • Red Phone Missile Command is a telecommunications provider and nuclear war management service.

    Red Phone Missile Command is a telecommunications provider and nuclear war management service.

In Other Words

  • The Blair Shark Project is a 1999 American supernatural marine horror film about three student oceanographers who disappear while shooting a documentary film near Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

    The Blair Shark Project is a 1999 American supernatural marine horror film about three student oceanographers who disappear while shooting a documentary film near Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Are You Sure

• ... that mathematician Leopold Kronecker said "God made the integers, all else is the work of man" (Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk)?

• ... that Hans Bethe once said that theoretical physicist and atomic spy Klaus Fuchs was the only physicist he knew who truly changed history?

• ... that Artist-Engineer and amateur gardener Donald Tasmian unexpectedly discovered diagramaceous soil while attempting to hybridize several varieties of ornamental time crystals?


Selected Anniversaries

  • 1786: French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.

    1786: French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.

  • 1856: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes born. He will work on almost all branches of analysis, continued fractions and number theory, will be called "the father of the analytic theory of continued fractions."

    1856: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes born. He will work on almost all branches of analysis, continued fractions and number theory, will be called "the father of the analytic theory of continued fractions."

  • 1891: Mathematician Leopold Kronecker dies. His work included number theory, algebra, and logic.

    1891: Mathematician Leopold Kronecker dies. His work included number theory, algebra, and logic.

  • 1911: Physicist Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs born. He will be convicted of supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War.

    1911: Physicist Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs born. He will be convicted of supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War.

  • 1941: Mathematician and academic Tullio Levi-Civita dies. He gained fame for his work on absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) and its applications to the theory of relativity, and made significant contributions in other areas.

    1941: Mathematician and academic Tullio Levi-Civita dies. He gained fame for his work on absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) and its applications to the theory of relativity, and made significant contributions in other areas.

Topic of the Day

Pink Floyd

  • Pink Blob is a 1988 rock opera horror film about an acidic, amoeba-like alien organism that crashes down to Earth in a military satellite and devours a British progressive rock band (Pink Floyd) as it grows.

    Pink Blob is a 1988 rock opera horror film about an acidic, amoeba-like alien organism that crashes down to Earth in a military satellite and devours a British progressive rock band (Pink Floyd) as it grows.

  • "A Taste of Money" is a song by The Pinkles from their album The Dark Side of the Beat.

    "A Taste of Money" is a song by The Pinkles from their album The Dark Side of the Beat.

  • Dark Side of the Dune is a Melange-themed concept album by Glossu Rabban and the Don't Let Me Be Misunderstoods.

    Dark Side of the Dune is a Melange-themed concept album by Glossu Rabban and the Don't Let Me Be Misunderstoods.

  • "Another Trick of the Light" is a three-part composition on Pink Floyd's alleged lost 1979 rock opera The Light, allegedly written by [REDACTED].

    "Another Trick of the Light" is a three-part composition on Pink Floyd's alleged lost 1979 rock opera The Light, allegedly written by [REDACTED].

  • The Pompeii and Circumstance Marches (full title: Pomp and Circumstance Psychedelic Rock Marches) are a series of five (or six) marches for orchestra composed by Pink Floyd in collaboration with Sir Edward Elgar.

    The Pompeii and Circumstance Marches (full title: Pomp and Circumstance Psychedelic Rock Marches) are a series of five (or six) marches for orchestra composed by Pink Floyd in collaboration with Sir Edward Elgar.

  • "Absolutely Croutons" is a song by the English progressive cooking band Pink Fried from their album Obscured by Foods.

    "Absolutely Croutons" is a song by the English progressive cooking band Pink Fried from their album Obscured by Foods.

  • Don't give me that do goody good bullshit. This town deserves a high-fidelity first class travelling class of criminal. I think they need a Lear jet — and I'm going to give it to them. (The Dark Knight of the Tweet)

    Don't give me that do goody good bullshit. This town deserves a high-fidelity first class travelling class of criminal. I think they need a Lear jet — and I'm going to give it to them. (The Dark Knight of the Tweet)

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