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NEW HIT SONG - Releasing the Files (Trump's Epstein Files Saga) (Video)
Trump calls Epstein case a "hoax" and turns on his "stupid" supporters amid MAGA mutiny: A Closer Look. (Video)
Trump to MAGA: don’t talk about Jeffrey Epstein | Three missing minutes | The Unabomber’s professor (Video)
Scientists warn of massive eruption threat as Mount Rainier and Pacific volcanoes stir. Scientists are on high alert as volcanic activity spikes across the Pacific Ring of Fire, with Mount Rainier’s massive earthquake swarm raising new concerns for the future.
RFK Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setback. I’m at the point where I’m considering embracing mind-altering drugs as well.
Bacteria discovered that turns carbon dioxide gas into stone, which could then be used for buildings. “Under the right conditions:” Inside sealed flasks pressurized with carbon dioxide at more than 470 times atmospheric levels.
Climate change is fueling brutal rainstorms. Here's how to stay safe. Weird weather has been the lead on network news shows for over a week now.
A massive fire has broken out near Area 51 in Nevada, and UFO conspiracy theorists fear historic evidence could be destroyed.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth but it could still ruin your day. The asteroid, which at one point had a 1 in 43 chance of striking our planet, now has a 1 in 25 (4%) chance of hitting the moon in 2032. If it does, ejecta blasted from the moon could damage satellites orbiting Earth and the resultant debris could also create a stunning meteor shower over Earth.
Box office: ‘Superman’ aims for $55 million or more in second weekend. Not surprised. I saw it with my son last weekend, and I’m going again tomorrow with my daughter and my granddaughter. Highest recommendation.
Of course, Tesla xAI Grok’s companions want to have sex and burn down schools. Elon Musk is a man who named a government agency after a memecoin, designed a robotaxi test network in the shape of a phallus, and once went to court for tweeting weed jokes in relation to Tesla stock. So it’s not surprising that his company xAI’s first AI companions on the Grok app are a lustful anime girl and a homicidal panda.
Trump says Coca-Cola will use real sugar in its US flagship drink. The company isn’t confirming that.
Newly discovered space rock is caught in a unique 10:1 dance with Neptune. Trans-Neptunian object 2020 VN40 orbits once for every 10 orbits of the ice giant planet.
Quote of the Day:
I bought the Star Trek chess set and the Civil War chess set. Now I have the South fight the Klingons.
--Dave Spensley
Today’s holidays:
Get to Know Your Customers Day, International Firgun Day, National DOLE Whip Day, National Lottery Day, National Peach Ice Cream Day, National Tattoo Day, World Day for International Justice, World Emoji Day, Wrong Way Corrigan Day, and Yellow Pigs Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2014 – Eric Garner was killed by police officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited chokehold while arresting him.
2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashed near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board were killed.
2001 – Concorde was brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
1998 – The film “The Mask of Zorro” was released. (Video)
1996 – TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 exploded, killing all 230 on board.
1989 – First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
1984 – The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
1981 – A structural failure led to the collapse of a walkway at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Missouri, killing 114 people and injuring more than 200.
1975 – Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft docked with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
1968 – The animated Beatles film “Yellow Submarine” premiered in London. (Video)
1962 – Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I became the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
1959 – The film “North by Northwest” had its wide release in the US. (Video)
1955 – Disneyland was dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
1945 – World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, met in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
1944 – Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war exploded in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
1938 – Douglas Corrigan took off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and became known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
1937 – The cartoon character Egghead, the precursor of Elmer Fudd, premiered in the cartoon “Egghead Rides Again.” (Video)
1918 – The RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SM U-55; five lives are lost.
1917 – King George V issues a proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British royal family will bear the surname Windsor.
1902 – Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
1850 – Vega became the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1971 – Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
1965 – Alex Winter, English-American actor, film director and screenwriter
1960 – Nancy Giles, American journalist and actress
1960 – Mark Burnett, English-American screenwriter and producer
1954 – J. Michael Straczynski, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1954 – Angela Merkel, German chemist and politician, Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021.
1952 – David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, and producer
1951 – Lucie Arnaz, American actress and singer (Video)
1950 – Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
1944 – Catherine Schell, Hungarian-English actress
1939 – Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
1935 – Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer (died 2024)
1935 – Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer (died 2019)
1928 – Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1976)
1917 – Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist (died 2012)
1912 – Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (died 2010)
1899 – James Cagney, American actor and dancer (died 1986)
1894 – Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist (died 1966)
1889 – Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (died 1970)
1763 – John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1848)
1744 – Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (died 1814) (The political practice of gerrymandering is named after him.)
1674 – Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter (“Joy to the World”) and theologian (died 1748)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
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