February 22
Better Than News
The Golden Ratio Girls is an American mathematical sitcom about three older Goddesses who share a home in Etruria.
House of Morbius is an American biographical crime drama superhero film directed by Ridley Scott and Daniel Espinosa, starring Jared Leto, Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, and Adria Arjona.
The Pon Farr of the Shrew is a comic stage play written and performed by T'Pring of Vulcan, co-starring her husband, William Shatner.
12 McClanes is a 1995 science fiction comedy film about a Los Angeles police officer (Bruce Willis) who inherits a troupe of twelve trained circus monkeys.
Are You Sure
• ... that the Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the U.S. Air Force; and that the Corona satellites were used for photographic surveillance of the Soviet Union (USSR), the People's Republic of China, and other areas beginning in June 1959 and ending in May 1972?
• ... that The Pon Farr of the Shrew is a comic stage play written and performed by T'Pring of Vulcan, co-starring her husband, William Shatner?
On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction
1632: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published.
1633: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei calls the House of Malevecchio "a dynasty built on crimes against physics."
1817: Mathematician and academic Carl Wilhelm Borchardt born. He will contribute to arithmetic-geometric mean theory, continuing work by Gauss and Lagrange.
1987: Artist Andy Warhol dies. He was a leading figure in the Pop art movement.
1995: The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
Topic of the Day
Food and Beverages
Burn After Eating is a comedy foodie film written and directed by the Coen Brothers and starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, and Brad Pitt.
Hot Punch-Outs is an American brand of microwaveable fisticuffs generally containing one or more types of hitting, kicking, or head-butting.
Marquis de Sade Whipped Jalapeño Cheddar spread is a brand of hand-whipped dairy bondage food products.
Grilled Cheese Emergency is a television drama series about two paramedics who moonlight as food truck operators.
Under the Skin is a 2013 science fiction film about an otherworldly woman (Scarlett Johansson) who preys on orchard workers in Scotland.