March 26

Butterfly.

Better Than News

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  The Man Who Shot Cat Ballou is an American neo-Western thriller film starring Jane Fonda, James Stewart, John Wayne, and Lee Marvin.

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  Mister Peanut Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Southern agricultural policy film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Samuel L. Jackson.

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  The Exorcist: Rise of Kong is an epic supernatural monster film directed by Peter Jackson and William Friedkin, starring Max von Sydow, Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Linda Blair.

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  The Lost Wordle is an American word game film noir directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, and Josh Wardle.

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  Tweet is a 1981 neo-noir action social media film by Michael Mann about a thief and retired Twitter influencer (James Caan) who is forced to post one last tweet.

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  "When you gaze long into Alan Arkin, Alan Arkin also gazes into you." —Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Plausible

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  "When time is outlawed, only outlaws will have time" is a slogan associated with the Time Rights movement.

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  "Material Whirl" is a song by American singer, songwriter, and helicopter pilot Madonna.

In Other Words

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  "Don't Look Back in Angers" is a song by the British rock band Oasis.

Are You Sure

• ... that physician and engineer John Mudge was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and is often regarded as the "father of civil engineering"?

• ... that American captain and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch was a founder of modern maritime navigation; and that his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, was carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel for some time; and that updated versions continue to be published?

• ... that mathematician and academic Paul Erdős firmly believed mathematics to be a social activity; and that Erdős lived an itinerant lifestyle for the explicit purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians?

Selected Anniversaries

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  1773: American captain and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch born. He will be a founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, will be carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel.

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  1793: Physician and engineer John Mudge dies. He was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering".

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  1851: Mathematician George Chrystal born. He will be awarded a Gold Medal from the Royal Society of London (confirmed shortly after his death) for his studies of seiches (wave patterns in large inland bodies of water).

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  1913: Mathematician and academic Paul Erdős born. He will firmly believe mathematics to be a social activity, living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians.

Topic of the Day

Julius Caesar

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  Caesar and the Pirates is an action-Empire comic strip created by Julius Caesar, which originally ran from his birth to his death.

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  Gaius Julius Christ (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), also referred to as Julius of Rome or Julius Christ, was a Roman general and religious leader who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of Christendom.