July 24
Better Than News
Quest for Hellboy is a 1981 prehistoric fantasy adventure film about the struggle by early humans for control of supernatural demonic forces.
Martian Ring-Slip is an epic science fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien and Philip K. Dick.
The Three Stigmata of R2D2 is a science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.
Schitt's World is a Canadian science fiction comedy-drama television series starring Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Daniel Levy, and Annie Murphy.
Easy-Bake Kitchen Debate is a 1959 buddy comedy film about a U.S. Vice President (Richard Nixon) and a Soviet First Secretary (Nikita Khrushchev) who exchange informal remarks through interpreters at the opening of the American National Exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow on July 24, 1959.
Beyond Plausible
Spice Cream Sandwich is a brand of melange-infused ice cream treat.
In Other Words
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" is a song by American travel agents The Hobby Aces.
Are You Sure
... that mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn contributed to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory?
... that film director and alleged arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde was found guilty of skimming profits from an unlicensed Human Flea Circus, and that Rhodomunde was sentenced to process three hundred milliseconds of community service algorithms?
Selected Anniversaries
1786: Mathematician and explorer Joseph Nicollet born. He will map the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.
1897: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart born. She will set many records, write best-selling books about her flying experiences, and be instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.
1901: O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
1909: Mathematician and cryptologist Jerzy Różycki born. Różycki will work at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II.
1934: Mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn dies. He made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.
1974: Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
Topic of the Day
Star Wars
Imperial Pancakes is a brand of pancakes from Grand Chef Tarkin.
Cool Hand Skywalker is a 1967 science fiction prison drama film about a prisoner in an Imperial prison camp who refuses to submit to the system.
Knights of the Old Spice Republic is an RPG video game series based Old Spice products and set in the fictional universe of Star Wars by George Lucas and Procter & Gamble.
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