Acclaimed actor Sidney Poitier was born unexpectedly in Miami when his parents were visiting. He was two months early and not expected to survive. He was raised in the Bahamas and went on to be not only an Oscar winning actor but also the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan for over a decade.

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Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier, (born February 20, 1927, Miami, Florida, U.S.), Bahamian American actor, director, and producer who broke the colour barrier in the U.S. motion-picture industry by becoming the first African American actor to win an Academy Award for best actor (for Lilies of the Field ) and the first Black movie star. He […]

Acclaimed actor Sidney Poitier was born unexpectedly in Miami when his parents were visiting. He was two months early and not expected to survive. He was raised in the Bahamas and went on to be not only an Oscar winning actor but also the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan for over a decade. Read More »

Physicist Brian Schmidt made a bet with his colleague Sean Carroll, betting that we wouldn’t know the value of the cosmological density parameter within 20 years. Brian lost the bet by figuring it out himself, which earned him a Nobel prize.

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Upgrading the Public Lecture Experience Apologies for the extended radio silence here at the blog. (Originally typed “radio science,” which I suppose is an encouraging sign from my subconscious.) My time and attention has been taken up by an interesting phenomenon known as “real work.” I have four papers in almost-submittable rough draft form, another

Physicist Brian Schmidt made a bet with his colleague Sean Carroll, betting that we wouldn’t know the value of the cosmological density parameter within 20 years. Brian lost the bet by figuring it out himself, which earned him a Nobel prize. Read More »

Samuel L. Jackson heard someone repeating his Ezekiel 25:17 speech to him, he turned to discover it was Marlon Brando who gave him his number. When Jackson called, it was a Chinese restaurant. But when he asked for Brando, he picked up. It was Brando’s way of screening calls.

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Samuel L. Jackson Recalls His Bizarre First Encounter with Marlon Brando The two started talking after Brando revealed he was familiar with Jackson’s work in ‘Pulp Fiction.’ Two days before 9/11 Samuel L. Jackson was in New York waiting backstage at a Michael Jackson show. The actor was asked to introduce Usher and Whitney Houston

Samuel L. Jackson heard someone repeating his Ezekiel 25:17 speech to him, he turned to discover it was Marlon Brando who gave him his number. When Jackson called, it was a Chinese restaurant. But when he asked for Brando, he picked up. It was Brando’s way of screening calls. Read More »

Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan as part of a “Work Life Choice Challenge” by shutting down offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, increased by almost 40% compared to the same period the previous year.

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Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan. Productivity jumped 40% (CNN Business) — A growing number of smaller companies are adopting a four-day workweek. Now the results of a recent trial at Microsoft (MSFT) suggest it could work even for the biggest businesses. The company introduced a program this summer in Japan called the “Work

Microsoft tried a 4-day workweek in Japan as part of a “Work Life Choice Challenge” by shutting down offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, increased by almost 40% compared to the same period the previous year. Read More »

That while the kilogram is defined in terms of three fundamental physical constants, the imperial equivalent, the pound is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms

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Pound (mass) For the unit of weight or force, see Pound (force). For the monetary unit, see Pound (currency). “lb.” and “lbs.” redirect here. For other uses, see LB and LBS. The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement. Various definitions have

That while the kilogram is defined in terms of three fundamental physical constants, the imperial equivalent, the pound is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms Read More »

The Three Stooges were Jewish, often used Yiddish in place of gibberish, and were the first in Hollywood to satirize Hitler in 1940 – nine months before Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator

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The Three Stooges For other uses, see The Three Stooges (disambiguation). The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best known for their 190 short subject films by Columbia Pictures that have been airing regularly on television since 1958. Their hallmark styles were physical farce and slapstick. Six

The Three Stooges were Jewish, often used Yiddish in place of gibberish, and were the first in Hollywood to satirize Hitler in 1940 – nine months before Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator Read More »

When the replacement crew for Skylab entered the empty space station, they found that it wasn’t empty at all: 3 figures were inside. Upon further inspection, the replacement crew found out that these were dummies placed in flight suits by the previous Skylab crew before they left.

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Skylab 4 Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3) was the third crewed Skylab mission and placed the third and final crew aboard the first American space station. The mission started on November 16, 1973 with the launch of three astronauts on an Apollo command and service module on a Saturn IB rocket from the Kennedy

When the replacement crew for Skylab entered the empty space station, they found that it wasn’t empty at all: 3 figures were inside. Upon further inspection, the replacement crew found out that these were dummies placed in flight suits by the previous Skylab crew before they left. Read More »

American Humane, the organization which provides the “No animals were harmed” verification on Hollywood productions, was found to have colluded with studios to cover up major animal abuses on movie sets.

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Animals Were Harmed A Hollywood Reporter investigation reveals disturbing account after account of injury, death and cover-up on huge Hollywood productions from ‘Life of Pi’ to ‘The Hobbit’ as the American Human Association, charged with monitoring, turns a blind eye. “Last week we almost f–ing killed King in the water tank,” American Humane Association monitor

American Humane, the organization which provides the “No animals were harmed” verification on Hollywood productions, was found to have colluded with studios to cover up major animal abuses on movie sets. Read More »

When Luciano Pavarotti suddenly fell ill and was unable to sing Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” at the 1998 Grammys, Aretha Franklin filled in for him at “literally a moment’s notice” and sang an acclaimed rendition of the aria

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Remembering when Aretha Franklin saved the 1998 Grammys with ‘Nessun Dorma’ We’re dipping into the Far Out Magazine vault to revisit quite possibly the greatest Grammy performance of all time as Aretha Franklin takes on the classic song ‘Nessun Dorma’ and brings the audience to its feet. The 1998 Grammy Awards, it’s safe to say,

When Luciano Pavarotti suddenly fell ill and was unable to sing Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” at the 1998 Grammys, Aretha Franklin filled in for him at “literally a moment’s notice” and sang an acclaimed rendition of the aria Read More »

In 2013 the United States bombed the island of Guam with 2,000 dead mice stuffed with painkillers to kill the Brown Tree Snake which is an invasive species on the island. The snake got there by accident in the 1950s on a shipping vessel.

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Two thousand mice dropped on Guam by parachute — to kill snakes They floated down from the sky Sunday — 2,000 mice, wafting on tiny cardboard parachutes over Andersen Air Force Base in the U.S. territory of Guam. But the rodent commandos didn’t know they were on a mission: to help eradicate the brown tree

In 2013 the United States bombed the island of Guam with 2,000 dead mice stuffed with painkillers to kill the Brown Tree Snake which is an invasive species on the island. The snake got there by accident in the 1950s on a shipping vessel. Read More »

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