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- QOTW: What seemingly ‘old-fashioned’ tech do you still use regularly and love? (e.g., vinyl records, physical books, a landline phone)
On This Day In History for December 11, 2024
This is the 346th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 20 days remaining in 2024.
- It was on this date in 1901, that Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to Saint John’s, Newfoundland.
- It was also this date in 1913 that More than two years after it was stolen from the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa was recovered in Florence, Italy. The thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, is immediately arrested.
- On December 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
- 16 years ago today, Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
- It was 15 years ago today that Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment released the hit mobile game Angry Birds internationally on iOS..
- It was on this date in 2020, that The Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first COVID-19 vaccine to be approved by the agency..
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer, David Brewster, born on this date in 1781.
- Hector Berlioz, the French composer, conductor, and critic was born 221 years ago today.
- Born December 11, 1843, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate Robert Koch.
- Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic was born on that same date in 1863.
- Slovenian mathematician and academic, Josip Plemelj was born 151 years ago today.
- Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate was born on that same date in 1882.
- American farmer and businessman, founded Knott’s Berry Farm, Walter Knott, born on this date in 1889.
- American actress and comedian, Teri Garr was born 80 years ago today.
- Also born on that same date in 1951, Malaysian astrophysicist and astronomer, Mazlan Othman.
- Also turning 62 today is American actor Ben Browder.
Listener Birthdays
- 12 – Deckrd
- 12 – Kevin Burns (Soleblaze)
- 12 – Matt Blocker TheGiant
- 12 – Rob Riehl (suriehl)
- 12 – Pamela Gay from AstronomyCast
- 13 – Fritz The German
- 14 – Michael Spence from Brother Osric’s Scriptorium
- 17 – Jorge Schrauwen
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for December 11, 2024
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News
- OpenAI’s new ChatGPT o1 model will try to escape if it thinks it’ll be shut down — then lies about it | Tom’s Guide
- Blue Origin forced to delete female astronaut’s footage of first time in space after controversy – Space – UNILAD
- What Are These Weird Structures Hubble Spotted Near a Monster Black Hole?
- Straight Out of a Sci-Fi Movie: For the First Time in History, We Have a Clear Image of a Star in Another Galaxy
Hacks & Strange Stories
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Media Corner
Pass me the remote
- Kreg
- Pop Culture Jeopardy – Amazon Prime
- Skeleton Crew – D+
- Chuck
- Skeleton Crew – D+
- Apollo 13: Survival – Netflix
- Churchill At War – Netflix
Geek Library
- Eight Minutes That Changed History Forever
- Why Nebraska Has a Light House
- This Mistake Made Phil Collins a GENIUS
- What The Ig Nobel Prize Says About Us
- How Volcanoes Froze the Earth (Twice)
- Defunctland: The History of Jaws: The Ride
Question of the week
- You’re building a themed escape room based on a scientific concept. What’s the concept and what’s the most challenging puzzle?
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