September 29

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Better Than News

  • Indiana Jones and the Valley of the Dolls is a 1966 action-adventure novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann. It was adapted for film by George Lucas in 1981.

    Indiana Jones and the Valley of the Dolls is a 1966 action-adventure novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann. It was adapted for film by George Lucas in 1981.

  • Big Trouble on Little Arrakis is a science fiction comedy adventure film directed by John Carpenter and Denis Villeneuve and starring Kurt Russell.

    Big Trouble on Little Arrakis is a science fiction comedy adventure film directed by John Carpenter and Denis Villeneuve and starring Kurt Russell.

  • Heuristic Park is a science fiction action film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg about a mathematician (Jeff Goldblurm) who recreates HAL 9000 from source code backups.

    Heuristic Park is a science fiction action film directed by Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg about a mathematician (Jeff Goldblurm) who recreates HAL 9000 from source code backups.

  • "Do You Believe in Warships" is a song by American rock band The Lovin' Bombshell.

    "Do You Believe in Warships" is a song by American rock band The Lovin' Bombshell.

  • Cooking Tonight with Shelley Duvall is a cooking television series starring hosted by Shelley Duvall. Each episode features Duvall reprising a film role as she prepares a thematically appropriate meal.

    Cooking Tonight with Shelley Duvall is a cooking television series starring hosted by Shelley Duvall. Each episode features Duvall reprising a film role as she prepares a thematically appropriate meal.

  • "Sawin' Alive" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Jigsaw motion picture soundtrack.

    "Sawin' Alive" is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Jigsaw motion picture soundtrack.

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

  • Alien: First Commandment is a 1979 religious science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott.

    Alien: First Commandment is a 1979 religious science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott.

  • The Game 2 is an American mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher and starring Jason Statham.

    The Game 2 is an American mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher and starring Jason Statham.

Are You Sure

The Applied Lysenkoism Online Academy is an unlicensed transdimensional corporation which camouflages itself as an online university.

• ... that the Kyshtym disaster was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a plutonium production site in Russia for nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel reprocessing plant of the Soviet Union?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1512: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Engel dies. He published numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.

    1512: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Engel dies. He published numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.

  • 1901: Physicist Enrico Fermi born. He will be called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb".

    1901: Physicist Enrico Fermi born. He will be called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb".

  • 1957: Twenty MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk. See Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction).

    1957: Twenty MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk. See Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction).

Topic of the Day

Submarines

  • "Jell-O Submarine" is a song by the British rock group and catering group The Beatles.

    "Jell-O Submarine" is a song by the British rock group and catering group The Beatles.

  • The Unruly Submarine (better known as Unruly Little Submarine) is a celebrated children's book about a young submarine who misbehaves, with disastrous consequences for the [REDACTED] Navy.

    The Unruly Submarine (better known as Unruly Little Submarine) is a celebrated children's book about a young submarine who misbehaves, with disastrous consequences for the [REDACTED] Navy.

  • Dive! Dive!: My Search for the Best Undersea Dive Bar is a set of instructions, allegedly from an anonymous sailor, for locating the legendary "Lost Undersea Dive Bar".

    Dive! Dive!: My Search for the Best Undersea Dive Bar is a set of instructions, allegedly from an anonymous sailor, for locating the legendary "Lost Undersea Dive Bar".

  • Devolver is one of the so-called "lost" Beatles albums.

    Devolver is one of the so-called "lost" Beatles albums.

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