October 22

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Better Than News

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

Are You Sure

• ... that The Horn-Swoggling of Pelham One Two Three is a 1974 American thriller film involving adult temper tantrums and irresponsible handgun discharge?

• ... that cryptologist Laurance Safford (22 October 1893 – 15 May 1973) established the Naval cryptologic organization after World War I, and headed the effort more or less constantly until shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

• ... that physicist and engineer Karl Guthe Jansky (22 October 1905 – 14 February 1950) discovered radio waves emanating from the Milky Way while investigating sources of static for his employer, Bell Laboratories; that his discovery was widely publicized, and several scientists were interested in Jansky's discovery, but radio astronomy remained a dormant field for several years, as the Great Depression then in progress, and observatories were wary of taking on any new and potentially risky projects?

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