Spark! Pro Series - 15 November 2022

[VikingMichael]

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Today in History: 15 November

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1720 – Pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and John Rackham are captured by Capt. Jonathan Barnet and brought to Spanish Town, Jamaica, for trial

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1763 – Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland

1835 – Charles Darwin reaches Tahiti on board HMS Beagle, the location where he would formulate his ideas later written in The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

1899 – Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill captured by Boers in Natal

1904 – King C. Gillette patents the Gillette razor blade

1956 – “Love Me Tender” film with Elvis Presley in his debut premieres in the US

1969 – An estimated 2 million people take part in the Vietnam War Moratorium demonstration across the United States

1971 – Intel advertises 4004-processor

1986 – Beastie Boys release their debut album “Licensed to Ill” – 1st No 1 rap album on Billboard charts

1995 – Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir

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1738 – William Herschel; German-British astronomer, discovered Uranus

1887 – Georgia O’Keefe, American sculptor and painter

1952 – Randy Savage, American professional wrestler, Slim Jim enthusiast

1968 – ODB, American rapper, member of Wu Tang Clan

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1630 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer

1954 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor

2003 – Laurence Tisch, American businessman

2005 – Preston Robert Tisch, American businessman

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Read yesterday’s treasure hunt of a Spark! by @stevemorton9584 over here

And of course, here is today’s Would you Rather…
(If you don’t read books, apply the same theory to whatever media you prefer)

Spark! Pro Series - 15 November 2022

• Every book you start to read has its ending spoiled in the first five chapters
• Every book you start to read is missing its ending (and you can’t find out how it ends)

[machomanrandall]

I tell ya what brother… Today is a good day for the Macho Man! Happy Birthday to the GOAT

[Jrx1216]

@vikingmichael

Every book you start to read has its ending spoiled in the first five chapters

Alright, I’m gonna be frank here, this might just be my Autism, but is that not already a thing for most stories? Like do you actually watch movies/read books and not usually already know how they’re going to end within the first half?

[mxzertuc]

It’s my girlfriend’s birthday today. She reads a million books, todays Would you Rather is about books. Coincidence? I think not… spice this up as a way to tell her Happy Birthday!!

[ich-ni-san]

Today’s poll is easy. Reading Chapterhouse: Dune and being left with that cliffhanger!!! Argh!!! I still wonder what Frank Herbert really intended for the Dune universe*.

*I’ve read the Herbert/Anderson sequels and don’t have confidence in them.

[ich-ni-san]

@jrx1216

@vikingmichael

Every book you start to read has its ending spoiled in the first five chapters

Alright, I’m gonna be frank here, this might just be my Autism, but is that not already a thing for most stories? Like do you actually watch movies/read books and not usually already know how they’re going to end within the first half?

Often. It’s such a treat to be surprised.

[RedBeardedGriff]

CotD: This comic is brought to you by Sony Pictures!

I’d rather have the ending spoiled for me, than have no ending at all.

[Nerf_Herder]

QoTD - so true

[The-Sith-Admin]

No ending at all, I have a vivid enough imagination to come up with various endings.

[DailyLlama]

Nice to see that Inspirobot is finally making sense again…

[Suzanne-Spiceworks]

That poll was the first one that didn’t make me cringe. I don’t mind spoilers at all. I often know the ending ahead of time… I still enjoy reading (or watching) to see how they get there.

[DanielB1978]

Better to have an ending, even if spoiled than open ended - which i hate.

[cerbere]

@vikingmichael

1738 – William Herschel; German-British astronomer, discovered Uranus

Sorry (not sorry), I couldn’t resist

[eric7615]

no face lifts here I will age as gracefully as I can.

[cooperjs1]

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” -Walt Disney

Man would he be ashamed of today’s Disney!!!

“It’s kind of fun to turn great franchises into garbage and remake our greatest animated films into sh**ty live action movies.” -Modern Disney

[redrumrudy]

Apparently Inspirobot thinks a facelift requires the services of an octopus. Not enjoyable.

[gurugabe1 (GuruGabe)]

1959: The Clutter family was discovered murdered on their Kansas farm, and their deaths—as well as the capture, conviction, and execution of two drifters—inspired Truman Capote’s classic nonfiction novel In Cold Blood.

I don’t read books, so I’m good.

[Ecrawf099]

Today’s “Would You Rather” is wrong… so wrong.

Inspirobot… I’ve yet to see anyone responsibly having facelifts. Unless looking like the Joker was the end goal.

[edt]

Reading about the pirates gave me flashbacks to Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag. That was a fun time in the AC franchise.

Today in 1864, Sherman began the “March to the Sea” from Atlanta, ending up six days later in Savannah. Slash and burn indeed.

And this date in 1937 was the first time the houses of US Congress met in chambers with the newly installed air conditioning!

[scottwmson]

You can’t threaten me with missing endings in books. I read Star Wars Legends. George Lucas and Disney took the endings to my books and Canonically erased them.

I think I’m going to get a billboard for Inspirobot’s QotD, I just can’t decide if it should be in L.A. or D.C…