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Today in History: 4 March

1215 – King John of England makes an oath to the Pope as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III

1522 – Anne Boleyn makes her debut at the English court at the Green Castle pageant

1628 – England’s King Charles I grants a royal charter to the Massachusetts Bay Colony

1675 – John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England

1774 – First sighting of Orion nebula by William Herschel

1801 – Thomas Jefferson is the first US President to be inaugurated in Washington D.C.

1877 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake” has its world premiere, performed by the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow

1922 – First vampire film “Nosferatu,” an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, premieres at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Germany

1936 – First flight of the airship Hindenburg at Friedrichshafen, Germany

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1678 – Antonio Vivaldi, Baroque violin virtuoso and composer

1862 – Robert Emden, Swiss astronomer and physicist

1877 – Garrett Morgan, American inventor

1954 – Catherine O’Hara, Canadian actress

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1193 – Saladin, 1st Sultan of Egypt and Syria

1858 – Matthew C. Perry, Commodore of the United States Navy

1944 – Louis Buchalter, Jewish-American mobster

1952 – Charles Scott Sherrington, British physiologist

1994 – John Candy, Canadian actor and comedian

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Mouseover: Briefly set a new record for tallest human-made structure by getting my knit sweater snagged on the skydiving plane door as I jumped and not noticing until I’d landed.

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

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First sighting of Orion Pictures seen in 1978.

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I just watched the 2024 version. I would it call grotesque and not horror. :joy:

RIP. You are missed.

Karma?

Making sense worries me.

@jameswalker20 @gurugabe1 @Panda-Marie @chrisdavis8

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I swear I’m not Innocent III

2009: American playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote—who evoked American life in beautifully observed minimal stories and was perhaps best known for his adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird—died in Connecticut.
1982: Canadian jurist Bertha Wilson became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Wow! Going from being on the jury to the Supreme Court.
1888: Gridiron football coach Knute Rockne—who, while at the University of Notre Dame, became the intercollegiate sport’s first true celebrity coach—was born in Voss, Norway.
1974: “People” magazine launches
1952: Ernest Hemingway finishes “The Old Man and the Sea”
1944: Louis “Lepke” Buchalter, the head of Murder, Inc., is executed
2005: Martha Stewart is released from prison
1789: Government under the U.S. Constitution begins

1944: Bobby Womack - American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
Died 2008: Ernest Gary Gygax - American entrepreneur. Do you know who he is? You better.

@atruex @georgeSVFC @yellowshirtcc @ich-ni-san @jemjules @HulkSmash @panda-marie @chrisdavis8 @jameswalker20 @machomanrandall

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To think that this unauthorised adaptation is one of the most iconic films ever made. From what I’ve heard as well, the recent remake is very good.

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Another victim of Autocomplete?

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We really should rename it Aitocomplete, so we can properly assign blame…

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It was very good. Orlock is terrifying, cast is great, if you are a horror fan you would probably like it.

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Nope, brain fart :expressionless:

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I did not care for the latest Nosferatu. Visually, it was spectacular. The rest of it was just meh. Plus, Lily Rose Depp and her facial expressions at times were laughable.

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There were 2 proposed including the LZ-129 Hindenberg. 2nd one being the LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin, which never flew commercial as it required Helium and not hydrogen as the Hindenberg used. As war was on the horizon, the US refused the sale of Helium to Germany, it ended up being retro fitted for Hydrogen.
Mainly used for propaganda

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I disagree, but appreciate your opinion.

I mean she made crazy faces but she was being possessed and worse. After the flashback at the beginning, she seemed normal until the plot started picking up and Orlock’s influence was starting to pick up again.

But I can see the other side of the coin, I just think it works in service of the story and character. :man_shrugging:

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I try Mr. Bot

+1000 internets to you @HulkSmash

and I’m Not Rappaport @gurugabe1

To quote her, “It’s a good thing!”

Roll 2d10 against wisdom, and pray you do not roll 00.

Again, I have no music, I leave it to my crew: @Panda-Marie @chrisdavis8 @gurugabe1 and @HulkSmash

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I love the jab Crow made on an episode of MST3K when the Orion star came on screen.

“Oh look Orion’s bankrupt…”

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And then there was the sighting of Orion’s Belt in 1997.

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Happy Tuesday y’all. Hope everyone is having a good day so far. If no one has told you yet, let me be the first to say, remember that you are loved :heart::pray:t3: Keep fighting the good fight and stay blessed :v:t3:

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Sorry for the late reply, but I didn’t want to miss replying as we got a few birthdays to add to the list. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to @chrisolde0131, @kustomkraft26, and @spiceuser-gmfm :partying_face: :birthday: :sw_spicerex:

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But the question is, is it a form that you will want?

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My mother calls The Four Seasons “music to speed by” and it was one the first cassettes she bought when we got a car with a tape deck

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