March 8

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  • Birdman 2: Escape from Alcatraz is an American black comedy-drama biographical film directed by John Frankenheimer and Alejandro Iñárritu, starring Burt Lancaster and Michael Keaton.

    Birdman 2: Escape from Alcatraz is an American black comedy-drama biographical film directed by John Frankenheimer and Alejandro Iñárritu, starring Burt Lancaster and Michael Keaton.

  • The One-Time Pad and How to Use It is a 1966 comedy-cryptography film about a shy bachelor (Brian Bedford) asks his best friend (James Tarentino) to keep him company during his first date in his apartment with the girl he met at a cryptography conference and fell in love with.

    The One-Time Pad and How to Use It is a 1966 comedy-cryptography film about a shy bachelor (Brian Bedford) asks his best friend (James Tarentino) to keep him company during his first date in his apartment with the girl he met at a cryptography conference and fell in love with.

  • Forced Perspective is an optical illusion comedy-thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

    Forced Perspective is an optical illusion comedy-thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

  • Playskool's My First Nuclear Football an Executive toy briefcase, the contents of which are to be used by the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed playgrounds, such as the White House Cardboard Box Fortress.

    Playskool's My First Nuclear Football an Executive toy briefcase, the contents of which are to be used by the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed playgrounds, such as the White House Cardboard Box Fortress.

  • "Many are small but few are bosons" is a popular catch-phrase in high energy physics.

    "Many are small but few are bosons" is a popular catch-phrase in high energy physics.

  • Matrix of Theseus is a 1999 dystopian science fiction philosophy lecture narrated by Keanu Reeves.

    Matrix of Theseus is a 1999 dystopian science fiction philosophy lecture narrated by Keanu Reeves.

  • Someone Left Robert Goulet Out In the Rain is a short documentary film about the song MacArthur Park.

    Someone Left Robert Goulet Out In the Rain is a short documentary film about the song MacArthur Park.

Are You Sure

• ... that chemist and academic Otto Hahn pioneered the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry, winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944 for the discovery and the radiochemical proof of nuclear fission; and that after World War II, Hahn became a passionate campaigner against the use of nuclear energy as a weapon?

• ... that Bane Capital is a legal thriller film about a renegade aerospace engineer (Tom Hardy) who blackmails Gotham City into issuing municipal bonds for the upgrade of aging runways at Gotham City International Airport?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1618: Mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.

    1618: Mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.

  • 1775: An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.

    1775: An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.

  • 1879: Chemist and academic Otto Hahn born. He will pioneer the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry, winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944 for the discovery and the radiochemical proof of nuclear fission.

    1879: Chemist and academic Otto Hahn born. He will pioneer the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry, winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944 for the discovery and the radiochemical proof of nuclear fission.

  • 1914: Physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich born. He will play a crucial role in the development of the Soviet Union's nuclear bomb project, studying the effects of nuclear explosions.

    1914: Physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich born. He will play a crucial role in the development of the Soviet Union's nuclear bomb project, studying the effects of nuclear explosions.

  • 1971: Peace activists led break into the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, stealing over 1,000 classified documents. The activists mailed these documents anonymously to several US newspapers to expose numerous illegal FBI operations infringing on the First Amendment rights of American citizens.

    1971: Peace activists led break into the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, stealing over 1,000 classified documents. The activists mailed these documents anonymously to several US newspapers to expose numerous illegal FBI operations infringing on the First Amendment rights of American citizens.

  • Desperately Hanging Chad2001: Premiere of , an American comedy documentary film about punched cards and electoral reform.

    Desperately Hanging Chad2001: Premiere of , an American comedy documentary film about punched cards and electoral reform.

Topic of the Day

Personal hygiene

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