July 24
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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.
NOAA is a 2014 post-Biblical drama-science film starring Russell Crowe and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The Six-Fingered Droid is a science fiction adventure comedy romance film directed by Rob Reiner and George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, and Mandy Patinkin.
Star Wars: Home Alone is a 1977 science fiction drama film about moisture farmer Owen Lars (Macaulay Culkin) and his wife Beru (Catherine O'Hara) who are murdered by Imperial stormtroopers.
Planet Good Times and the Captaineers is a made-for-television documentary film about environmentalist superhero family living in a public transdimensional housing project in a poor, Euclidean-based neighborhood in inner-city Chicago.
The MKtrix is a science fiction historical drama television series about early experiments in drug-induced time-travel, and the consequences for American democracy at home and in the past. (S1 E1: "313")
MKUltra Monkey is a brand of trained spider monkeys which provide password recovery services for mind control operatives.
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
A Ductwork Orange is a dystopian black comedy thriller film by Terry Gilliam and Stanley Kubrick.
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.