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13 hours ago · This is a list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from 1991 to the present day. [1] A parody of the Nobel Prizes, the Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in mid-September, around the time the recipients of the genuine Nobel Prizes are announced, for ten achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them think".
13 hours ago · Mortal Kombat is an American media franchise centered on a series of fighting video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992.. The original Mortal Kombat arcade game spawned a franchise consisting of action-adventure games, a comic book series, a card game, films, an animated TV series, and a live-action tour.
13 hours ago · Coen brothers. Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) [1] and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957), [2] together known as the Coen brothers ( / ˈkoʊən / KOH-ən ), are an American filmmaking duo. Their films span many genres and styles, which they frequently subvert or parody. [3] Their most acclaimed works include Blood Simple ...
13 hours ago · Hypatia [a] (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) [1] [4] was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. [5] Although preceded by Pandrosion, another Alexandrian female ...
Jul 3, 2024 · It's the end of the world and my guest (LRW Lee) and I are feeling fine! This week we talk about her upcoming book, 'Marked', which is the 3rd instalment of ...
13 hours ago · Ulysses is a modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce. Parts of it were first serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday. It is considered one of the most important works of modernist ...
13 hours ago · Cats are common pets throughout the world, and their worldwide population as of 2007 exceeded 500 million. [199] As of 2017, the domestic cat was the second most popular pet in the United States, with 95.6 million cats owned [200] [201] and around 42 million households owning at least one cat. [202]
