Spark! Pro Series - 18 March 2025

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Today in History: 18 March

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1314 – Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France

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1662 – First public bus service begins, promoted by Blaise Pascal, operates in Paris as the “Carosses a Cinq Sous” until 1675

1781 – French astronomer Charles Messier rediscovers global cluster M92

1818 – US Congress approves 1st pensions for government service

1881 – Barnum & Bailey Circus, traveling as “The Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts at Madison Square Garden in New York City following the merger of two existing circus groups

1882 – Morgan Earp is assassinated by outlaws while playing billiards in Tombstone

1920 – Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar

1965 – Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov leaves his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes and becomes the first person to conduct a spacewalk

2011 – MESSENGER spacecraft enters Mercury’s orbit

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1858 – Rudolf Diesel, French-born German engineer

1879 – Cluny MacPherson, Canadian doctor and inventor of the gas mask

1932 – F. W. de Klerk, South African President and 1993 Nobel Peace Prize Winner

1970 – Queen Latifah, American Grammy and Emmy Award winning rapper

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1745 – Robert Walpole, 1st British Prime Minister

1964 – Norbert Wiener, American mathematician

2017 – Chuck Berry, American rock n’ roll guitarist

2020 – Alfred M. Worden, American NASA astronaut

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Mouseover: I know having so many base pairs makes rebasing complicated, but you’re in Bilateria, so shouldn’t you at LEAST be better at using git head?

Explain XKCD 3064: Lungfish - explain xkcd

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Inspirobot Sometimes Controversial Inspirational Quote of the Day:

In case you missed it, you can go take a look at yesterday’s snake free Spark! by @steve6343 over here

[DailyLlama]

@VikingMichael

1879 – Canadian doctor and inventor of the gas mask

Who was it??

[ode2joy]

@DailyLlama

Who was it

Perhaps the gas made him invisible?

[Steve6343]

@VikingMichael

In case you missed it, you can go take a look at yesterday’s snakey Spark! by @steve6343 over here

“Snakeless”, surely?

[mweed]

@VikingMichael

1314 – Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France

1662 – First public bus service begins, promoted by Blaise Pascal, operates in Paris as the “Carosses a Cinq Sous” until 1675

It took France 348 years after they destroyed the Knights Templar to get the first public bus service going. Just imagine the great advancements that could have been made to public transportation if the Knights had still existed!

[RedBeardedGriff]

Some doctor from Canada, apparently.

[DailyLlama]

@ode2joy

@DailyLlama

Who was it

Perhaps the gas made him invisible?

[gurugabe1 (GuruGabe)]

1934: Charley Pride - American singer
August 30, 1935 - March 18, 2001: John Phillips - American musician
1979: Adam Levine - American musician
1837: Grover Cleveland - American politician, who was the only U.S. president to serve two discontinuous terms (1885–89 and 1893–97), was born. (Until current president)

The Mamas & the Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love

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[machomanrandall]

Inspirobot

The photo used today is probably one of the funniest photos I have seen in a while The 5G is directly being beamed into her head I guess LOL! This is like some Facebook level imagery LMAO

[yellowshirtcc]

If you’ve read Hyperion by Dan Simmons, this image from Inspirobot is hilarious for a very different reason.

[GeorgeSVFC]

@gurugabe1

Yes, I am Inspirobot. But is that a War of the Worlds scenario?

My thought exactly!

[alexendersmith]

@VikingMichael

Quote of the Day

Never believe your manager words… it’s like cheap liquor price is less but take your health

[jameswalker20]

@VikingMichael

1314 – Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France

Phillip chose … poorly.

@VikingMichael

1881 – Barnum & Bailey Circus, traveling as “The Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts at Madison Square Garden in New York City following the merger of two existing circus groups

This was to the egress —>

@VikingMichael

Quote of the Day

A never ending battle.

@VikingMichael

Inspirobot

Thank you for acknowledging that.

@DailyLlama that image make me twitch more than the Dalek, “Exterminate.” The Empty Child episode fits in perfectly with the Quote of the Day,

@gurugabe1 it is an alien brain scan. She needs a tinfoil hat.

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Foil (Official 4K Video)

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Mack The Knife

I like Bobby’s version best.

Bobby Darin Mack The Knife (HQ Stereo) (1960)

Louis Armstrong sings "Mack the Knife"

@Panda-Marie, where are you? @chrisdavis8 @HulkSmash

[edrubin1718 (Ed Rubin)]

XKCD is triply amusing because I’ve been reading on Git lately, and lack of storage has driven my wife off her iPhone to Android

[HulkSmash]

Recovering from some green beer I had yesterday.

@VikingMichael

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I know what you are but what am I?

Thunderstruck + It's a Long Way to the Top | AC/DC Bagpipe Cover - Goddesses of Bagpipes

@jameswalker20 @gurugabe1 @Panda-Marie @chrisdavis8

[jameswalker20]

If the Goddess of Bagpipes have a channel, I will definitely subscribe to it!

[chrisdavis8]

That was surprisingly better than I thought it would be!