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Latest revision as of 07:24, 6 April 2025

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Better Than News

  • Indiana Jones and the Wrath of God is a revisionist docudrama film about Indiana Jones' supposed participation in Operation Wrath of God, the Israeli government's secret retaliation against the Palestine Liberation Organization after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

    Indiana Jones and the Wrath of God is a revisionist docudrama film about Indiana Jones' supposed participation in Operation Wrath of God, the Israeli government's secret retaliation against the Palestine Liberation Organization after the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

  • Nostromo Alone is an American Christmas science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and Chris Columbus, and starring Joe Pesci and Harry Dean Stanton.

    Nostromo Alone is an American Christmas science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and Chris Columbus, and starring Joe Pesci and Harry Dean Stanton.

  • Three Days of the Savior is a 1975 epic religious political thriller film starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, and Willem Dafoe.

    Three Days of the Savior is a 1975 epic religious political thriller film starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, and Willem Dafoe.

  • The Left Hand of Dhalgren is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany and Ursula K. Le Guin.

    The Left Hand of Dhalgren is a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany and Ursula K. Le Guin.

  • Dracula on the Ceiling is a musical horror-comedy film starring Lionel Richie as a suave vampire.

    Dracula on the Ceiling is a musical horror-comedy film starring Lionel Richie as a suave vampire.

Beyond Plausible

  • A Bodyguard of Lies is a 2023 nonfiction book about Britain's role in the Captain America program during the Second World War.

    A Bodyguard of Lies is a 2023 nonfiction book about Britain's role in the Captain America program during the Second World War.

In Other Words

Are You Sure

• ... that physicist and academic Thomas Johann Seebeck (9 April 1770 – 10 December 1831) discovered the thermoelectric effect, where a junction of dissimilar metals produces an electric current when exposed to a temperature gradient?

• ... that mathematician and electrical engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz (9 April 1865 – 26 October 1923) promoted the development of alternating current, formulating mathematical theories which will advanced the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States?

• ... that Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (25 April 1817 – 26 April 1879) made the oldest known recording of an audible human voice, a visual recording of audio data; that de Martinville managed to sell several phonautographs to scientific laboratories for use in the investigation of sound, proving useful in the study of vowel sounds; that the phonautographs initiated further research into tools able to image sound, such as Koenig's manometric flame?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1770: Physicist and academic Thomas Johann Seebeck born. Seebeck will discover the thermoelectric effect.

    1770: Physicist and academic Thomas Johann Seebeck born. Seebeck will discover the thermoelectric effect.

  • 1860: On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice. A visual recording of audio data, it will first be played back in 2008.

    1860: On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice. A visual recording of audio data, it will first be played back in 2008.

  • 1865: Mathematician and electrical engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz born. Steinmetz will foster the development of alternating current, formulating mathematical theories which will advance the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States.

    1865: Mathematician and electrical engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz born. Steinmetz will foster the development of alternating current, formulating mathematical theories which will advance the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States.

  • 1978: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits performs at the Kennedy Center for the Arts.

    1978: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits performs at the Kennedy Center for the Arts.

Topic of the Day

Music

  • "We've Only Just Begun (to Breath)" is a single by [REDACTED] written by [REDACTED] (syntax) and [REDACTED] (semantics) about COVID-19.

    "We've Only Just Begun (to Breath)" is a single by [REDACTED] written by [REDACTED] (syntax) and [REDACTED] (semantics) about COVID-19.

  • The Wandering musician problem (also called the Wishful Musician Problem or WMP) asks: "Given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that seduces all sweethearts in the city exactly once and returns to the origin city?".

    The Wandering musician problem (also called the Wishful Musician Problem or WMP) asks: "Given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that seduces all sweethearts in the city exactly once and returns to the origin city?".

  • "Kanban" is a song by [REDACTED] — "Kanban, nothing more than Kanban / Trying to forget my Kanban of love ...

    "Kanban" is a song by [REDACTED] — "Kanban, nothing more than Kanban / Trying to forget my Kanban of love ...

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