October 29

Better Than News

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  Cronenburger is a Canadian-American extreme body modification restaurant chain inspired by David Cronenberg's 1981 film Scanners.

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  "When Will the Seaview Ascend" is a song by the Three Degrees.

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  Martin Impossible is an American reality television series hosted by master of disguise Rollin Hand (humorously reprising his role as the Martin in the spy comedy film The Buggy Landau).

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  McRib is a 1979 American science fiction fast-food horror film about an alien sandwich which threatens to destroy the Earth.

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  Ghost in the Shell: Forbidden Taco is a 2021 cyberpunk cooking anime film about a supernatural taco which haunts the cafeterias of Public Security Section 9.

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  The Bedpan Zone is a 1983 medical comedy film about Johnny Micturator (Christopher Walken), a professor of urinology at a prestigious medical teaching hospital who awakens from a coma to find that his body wastes foretell the future.

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  Stump Grinder: Lost in the Demon Realm is a comedy horror film in the Stump Grinder series. The plot centers on a rented stump grinder which must defeat a horde of demons and find its way back to the rental agency before late charges apply.

Beyond Plausible

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  Rushing Places is an action comedy buddy revenge film starring Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Dan Aykroyd, and Eddie Murphy.

In Other Words

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  Peak Batman is the moment at which economically viable production of Batman intellectual property starts to decrease. It is related to the distinct concept of Batman depletion; while global intellect reserves are finite, the limiting factor is not whether the intellect exists but whether it will pay for Batman films, action figures, etc. at a given price.

Are You Sure

Long Shot nuclear weapon test: image with date, location, maps.

• ... that the Long Shot nuclear weapons test at Amchitka, Alaska (51.43709°N 179.18032°E) was the largest underground explosion ever detonated by the United States?

Topic of the Day

Hellraiser

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  Hellralpher is an American television series about Ralph, a boy with a magical box that summons the Cimpsons, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic cartoon animators who cannot differentiate licensed and unlicensed intellectual properties.

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  Hellcuber is a 1987 British geometry horror film about a haunted Rubik's cube which summons the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic mathematicians who cannot differentiate between proofs and conjectures.

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  Helljabbar is a 2021 British medical horror film about a pain induction device which summons the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic Bene Gesserit who cannot differentiate between humans and animals.

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  Hellcuppa is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a mystical coffee cup which summons the Caffobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between caffeinated and decaffeinated.

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  Hellcheeser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film about a cheese-based snack food which summons the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between Cheetos and Doritos.