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Episode 729: Embarking on a Kaleidoscopic Journey Through the Multiverse of Geekdom

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  • QOTW: What is your go-to Halloween tradition or Costume?
    • On This Day In History for November 15, 2023

    This is the 319th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 46 days remaining in 2023.

    • It was on this date in 1806, that Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spotted a mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It was later named Pikes Peak in his honor
    • Also today in 1965, Craig Breedlove set a land speed record of 600.601 mph (966.574 km/h) in his car, the Spirit of America, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
    • November 15, 1966, as part of Project Gemini, Gemini 12 completed the program’s final mission, when it splashed down safely in the Atlantic Ocean
    • It was on this date in 1968, that The Cleveland Transit System became the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city’s downtown to its major airport
    • Intel released the world’s first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004 on this date in 1971
    • That same date in 1988, In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran made its only space flight
    • It was also this date in 2001 that Microsoft launched the Xbox game console.
    • It was on this date in 2022, that The world population reached 8 billion.

      • Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

      • German-English astronomer and composer, William Herschel, born on this date in 1738.
      • Michel Chasles, the French mathematician and academic was born 230 years ago today.
      • Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and educator was born on that same date in 1849.
      • American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic, Cynthia Breazeal is 56 today.
      • English-American actor, Jonny Lee Miller, born on this date in 1972.

        • Listener Birthdays

        • 8 – John Clifford
        • 8 – Mark, the Encaffeinated ONE, host of The Weird Show
        • 8 – OnTheDrift
        • 10 – John Noble from the Island
        • 13 – Pippa (London UK)
        • 13 – Jennifer Therrien (Canada)
        • 15 – Jackie Breller (Krazy Joe & Christine’s daughter)
        • 15 – Chuck Jolley aka nitestarr – (Horn Lake, MS)

          • And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for November 15, 2023

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            • News
            • Physicists Simulated a Black Hole in The Lab, And Then It Started to Glow : ScienceAlert
              • Hacks & Strange Stories
              • Hawaii wildlife refuge pond mysteriously turns bubble-gum pink. Scientists have identified a likely culprit. – CBS News
              • Glowing Fingertips And Green Eyes: First-of-Its-Kind Monkey Chimera Born in China : ScienceAlert
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                        • What movie name or line from a movie would be an awesome band name?

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