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Better Than News

  • Mystic River Pizza American neo-noir romantic crime comedy-drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and Donald Petrie, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, and Lili Taylor.

    Mystic River Pizza American neo-noir romantic crime comedy-drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and Donald Petrie, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, and Lili Taylor.

  • Moriarty on the Bounty is a 1962 American adventure detective film starring Marlon Brando as Sherlock Holmes and Richard Harris as Professor Moriarty.

    Moriarty on the Bounty is a 1962 American adventure detective film starring Marlon Brando as Sherlock Holmes and Richard Harris as Professor Moriarty.

  • Bayeswatch is an American dramatic action mathematics television series about statisticians who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California and Hawaii.

    Bayeswatch is an American dramatic action mathematics television series about statisticians who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California and Hawaii.

  • Any Given Sunday 2 is a 1999 American sports drama film directed by Oliver Stone depicting a fictional professional American football team which repeatedly violates local noise ordinances.

    Any Given Sunday 2 is a 1999 American sports drama film directed by Oliver Stone depicting a fictional professional American football team which repeatedly violates local noise ordinances.

  • Bigger truths have smaller truths Within their facts to bind 'em And those facts have smaller facts And so on, till you find 'em. —"Siphonaptera 2"

    Bigger truths have smaller truths
    Within their facts to bind 'em
    And those facts have smaller facts
    And so on, till you find 'em.
    —"Siphonaptera 2"

  • Black Superman is a 1980 superhero comedy film about a hunter-gatherer of the Kalahari Desert whose tribe discovers the bottle city of Kandor, and believe it to be a gift from their gods.

    Black Superman is a 1980 superhero comedy film about a hunter-gatherer of the Kalahari Desert whose tribe discovers the bottle city of Kandor, and believe it to be a gift from their gods.

Beyond Plausible

  • Dude, Where's My Carbs? is a 2000 American stoner comedy film about two best friends (Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott) who find themselves unable to remember how they gained two hundred pounds each after a night of recklessness dining.

    Dude, Where's My Carbs? is a 2000 American stoner comedy film about two best friends (Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott) who find themselves unable to remember how they gained two hundred pounds each after a night of recklessness dining.

  • Three Thousand Years of Long Pig is a 2022 American dramatic fantasy adventure television series about human cannibalism.

    Three Thousand Years of Long Pig is a 2022 American dramatic fantasy adventure television series about human cannibalism.

In Other Words

Are You Sure

... that mathematician, cryptographer, and author Gordon Welchman developed traffic analysis techniques for breaking German codes during the Second World War?

... that The Count of Monte Krypton is a 2002 historical crime drama film adaptation of the 1844 novel of the same name by [REDACTED]?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 763 BC: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.

    763 BC: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.

  • 1906: Mathematician, cryptographer, and author Gordon Welchman born. During the Second World War, he will develop traffic analysis techniques for breaking German codes.

    1906: Mathematician, cryptographer, and author Gordon Welchman born. During the Second World War, he will develop traffic analysis techniques for breaking German codes.

  • 1995: Physicist, inventor, and academic John Vincent Atanasoff dies. He invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer, the first electronic digital computer.

    1995: Physicist, inventor, and academic John Vincent Atanasoff dies. He invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer, the first electronic digital computer.

Topic of the Day

Superman

  • Matrix of Steel is a 2013 American superhero science fiction film starring Henry Cavill and Keanu Reeves.

    Matrix of Steel is a 2013 American superhero science fiction film starring Henry Cavill and Keanu Reeves.

  • It's Just a Shot Away is a 2021 film by Jimmy Olsen about the destruction of the planet Krypton, and subsequent events leading to Lex Luthor's defeat of Superman and subsequent conquest of the Earth.

    It's Just a Shot Away is a 2021 film by Jimmy Olsen about the destruction of the planet Krypton, and subsequent events leading to Lex Luthor's defeat of Superman and subsequent conquest of the Earth.

  • The Fortress of Soul Train is a recording studio and sound stage owned and operated by Superman.

    The Fortress of Soul Train is a recording studio and sound stage owned and operated by Superman.

  • Man of Pickles is a 2013 superhero cooking film about a superpowered pickle from the planet Krypton which assumes the role of mankind's protector.

    Man of Pickles is a 2013 superhero cooking film about a superpowered pickle from the planet Krypton which assumes the role of mankind's protector.

  • The Count of Monte Krypton is a 2002 historical crime drama film adaptation of the 1844 novel of the same name by [REDACTED].

    The Count of Monte Krypton is a 2002 historical crime drama film adaptation of the 1844 novel of the same name by [REDACTED].

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