November 16

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Better Than News

  • A Clockwork Wife is an American science fiction thriller film about an undercover FBI agent (Nicole Kidman) who compels a brutal young hoodlum (Malcolm McDowell) to pose as her husband in a too-perfect gated community.

    A Clockwork Wife is an American science fiction thriller film about an undercover FBI agent (Nicole Kidman) who compels a brutal young hoodlum (Malcolm McDowell) to pose as her husband in a too-perfect gated community.

  • Big Trouble in Little Dark Star is a science fiction comedy adventure film starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, and John Carpenter.

    Big Trouble in Little Dark Star is a science fiction comedy adventure film starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, and John Carpenter.

  • The Gamma Nights of Ally McBeal is an American superhero legal comedy drama television series starring Calista Flockhart.

    The Gamma Nights of Ally McBeal is an American superhero legal comedy drama television series starring Calista Flockhart.

  • Barflight: The Weekend That Couldn't Land is a 1983 science fiction drama film about an alcoholic astronaut (Ray Miland) who must maintain order aboard a spacecraft full of hard-partying tourists.

    Barflight: The Weekend That Couldn't Land is a 1983 science fiction drama film about an alcoholic astronaut (Ray Miland) who must maintain order aboard a spacecraft full of hard-partying tourists.

  • Matrix in a Red Dress is a 2022 pornographic science fiction documentary film about the Matrix franchise. Narrated by Hugo Weaving.

    Matrix in a Red Dress is a 2022 pornographic science fiction documentary film about the Matrix franchise. Narrated by Hugo Weaving.

  • We Need to Talk About Texas is a 2011 American documentary film narrated by Tilda Swinton and Governor Greg Abbott.

    We Need to Talk About Texas is a 2011 American documentary film narrated by Tilda Swinton and Governor Greg Abbott.

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

  • Jerkin Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film about the vests and the early jerkin cultures popular among Lucas's age group at the time.

    Jerkin Graffiti is a 1973 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film about the vests and the early jerkin cultures popular among Lucas's age group at the time.

Are You Sure

... mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert made contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

    1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

  • 1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

    1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

  • 1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

    1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

  • 1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

    1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

  • 1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

    1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

Topic of the Day

Game of Thrones

  • A Game of Hustlers is a 1959 novel by Walter Tevis and George R.R. Martin about Daenerys Targaryen, a young pool hustler who challenges Baratheon Fats for the Westeros Championship Tournament.

    A Game of Hustlers is a 1959 novel by Walter Tevis and George R.R. Martin about Daenerys Targaryen, a young pool hustler who challenges Baratheon Fats for the Westeros Championship Tournament.

  • Mr. and Mrs. Lannister is a 2005 American romantic action comedy film about an aristocratic Westeros couple (Lena Headey and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who are surprised to learn that they are assassins belonging to competing conspiracies, and that they have been assigned to kill each other.

    Mr. and Mrs. Lannister is a 2005 American romantic action comedy film about an aristocratic Westeros couple (Lena Headey and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who are surprised to learn that they are assassins belonging to competing conspiracies, and that they have been assigned to kill each other.

  • True Red Weddings is a comic book "true adventure" story loosely based on the "Red Wedding" scene from the 2000 novel A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin.

    True Red Weddings is a comic book "true adventure" story loosely based on the "Red Wedding" scene from the 2000 novel A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin.

  • "Hodor Love" is a song by Valyrian Earring.

    "Hodor Love" is a song by Valyrian Earring.

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