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• ... that polymath '''[[Roger Joseph Boscovich (nonfiction)|Roger Joseph Boscovich]]''' produced a precursor of atomic theory and made many contributions to astronomy, including the first geometric procedure for determining the equator of a rotating planet from three observations of a surface feature and for computing the orbit of a planet from three observations of its position, and that Boscovich discovered the absence of atmosphere on the Moon?
• ... that '''''[[Three Kings 2]]''''' is one of [[my]] '''''[[:Category:Creatures_(series)|Creatures]]''''' series of drawings?


• ... that logician and philosopher Jan Łukasiewicz was a pioneer of post-Aristotelian logic, and that his innovative thinking about the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle helped establish a revolutionary paradigm?
• ... that although the spacecraft '''''[[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]]''''' ultimately failed to fulfill its primary mission, the spacecraft returned data which verified the hypothesis that solar wind is present throughout deep space?
 
• ... that Tom Hanks was cast as Josh Baskin in the supernatural thriller film '''''[[Dead (Tom Hanks film)|Dead]]''''' based on the strength of his performance in '''''[[The Green Acres Mile]]'''''?
 
• ... that the mathematical constant '''[[Pi (nonfiction)|π]]''' is a transcendental number — that is, it is not the root of any polynomial having rational coefficients — and that this transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge?
 
• ... that David Bowie and Bing Crosby appeared together as guest stars on a '''[[The Entertainer Within|"Forbidden Episode" of the television series ''Star Trek'']]'''?

Latest revision as of 08:15, 12 February 2023

• ... that Three Kings 2 is one of my Creatures series of drawings?

• ... that although the spacecraft Venera 1 ultimately failed to fulfill its primary mission, the spacecraft returned data which verified the hypothesis that solar wind is present throughout deep space?

• ... that Tom Hanks was cast as Josh Baskin in the supernatural thriller film Dead based on the strength of his performance in The Green Acres Mile?

• ... that the mathematical constant π is a transcendental number — that is, it is not the root of any polynomial having rational coefficients — and that this transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge?

• ... that David Bowie and Bing Crosby appeared together as guest stars on a "Forbidden Episode" of the television series Star Trek?