X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a prequel to the X-Men movies. It is about the life of Wolverine before he became one of the X-Men.
Snapple
Snapple is a flavored beverage in the United States. It was created in 1972 and is owned by the company Keurig Dr Pepper. It is based in Plano, Texas.
Judith Resnik
Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut. She died when the Space Shuttle "Challenger" was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L. She was also aboard Space Shuttle "Discovery" for its first mission, STS-41-D in 1984. She spent 145 hours in space. She was the first Jewish American in space and the first Jewish woman in space.
Resnik was born in Akron, Ohio. Her family was Jewish. She earned degrees at Carnegie Mellon University (B.S.) and the University of Maryland (Ph.D.). She was married to Michael Oldak from 1970 until their divorce in 1975.
On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle "Challenger" broke apart 73 seconds after launch. Resnik and all six others aboard died.
Ellison Onizuka
Onizuka was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii. He got two degrees at the University of Colorado at Boulder (B.S. and M.S.) in 1969. He was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was awarded the rank of colonel after his death. He married Lorna Leiko Yoshida in 1969. The couple had two daughters.
On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle "Challenger" broke apart 73 seconds after launch. Onizuka and all six others aboard died.
Ronald McNair
Ronald Erwin McNair (October 21, 1950 – January 28, 1986) was an American NASA astronaut and physicist. His first space mission was STS-41-B aboard Space Shuttle "Challenger" in 1984. After this mission, he was again on "Challenger" for STS-51-L. He died at the start of this mission when the space shuttle was destroyed during the launch. He was the second African American in space.
McNair was born in Lake City, South Carolina. He earned degrees at North Carolina A&T State University (B.S.) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.). He also held four honorary doctorates and many fellowships. He was married to Cheryl Moore. The couple had two children.
On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle "Challenger" broke apart 73 seconds after launch. McNair and all six others aboard died.
Please Me
"Please Me" is a song by American rapper Cardi B and American singer Bruno Mars. It was released on February 14, 2019.
It reached number three on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the US. It is their second collaboration after the remix of Mars' song "Finesse", which also reached number three in the US.
Peter Brock
Peter Geoffrey Brock (26 February 1945 – 8 September 2006) was an Australian motor racing driver. He is one of his country's best known and most successful motor racing drivers. He was known for his partnership with Holden for almost 40 years. However, he still raced using other car makes, including BMW, Ford, Volvo, Porsche and Peugeot. He won the Bathurst 1000 nine times, the Sandown 500 nine times, the Australian Touring Car Championship three times and the Bathurst 24 Hour once. In 2001, he was added into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame.
Brock was born in Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He served in the army during the Vietnam War. His first two marriages ended in divorce. He later had two children with his partner. He was vegan.
On 8 September 2006, Brock was driving in the "Targa West '06" rally. He was at the second stage of the race in Gidgegannup, Western Australia. He was three kilometres off the finish of the second stage when his car skid off a downhill left-hand bend. Brock died on the spot. He was 61. The co-driver, Mick Hone, was taken to hospital and survived.
Gregory Jarvis
Gregory Bruce Jarvis (August 24, 1944 – January 28, 1986) was an American NASA astronaut and engineer. He was chosen as a payload specialist for Hughes Aircraft Company for the Space Shuttle "Challenger" mission STS-51-L. He was going to do experiments on the weightlessness of fluids, as well as other things. He died at start of this mission when the space shuttle was destroyed during the launch.
Jarvis was born in Detroit, Michigan. He served as a Captain in the United States Air Force until 1973. He earned degrees at the State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S.) and the Northeastern University (M.S.). He was married to Marcia G. Jarboe.
On January 28, 1986, Space Shuttle "Challenger" broke apart 73 seconds after launch. Jarvis and all six others aboard died.
Qingjiang biota
The Qingjiang biota is a recently discovered treasure-trove of fossils. This lagerstätte of Cambrian period fossils is in China. The fossil site is in Hubei Province near the Danshui River.
In 2019, more than 20,000 fossil specimens were collected. They included many soft bodied animals such as jellyfish, sea anemones, sponges, arthropods and algae and various kinds of aquatic worms.
In some specimens the internal body structures was preserved with fossilised soft tissues such as mouths, guts, and eyes.
The remains are dated as about 518 million years ago. About half the species found were previously unknown.
Sam Worthington
Samuel Henry John Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an Australian actor and writer.
In 2004, Worthington was given an AACTA Award for his role in the independent movie "Somersault". He is known for his roles in the movies "Avatar" (2009), "Terminator Salvation" (2009), "Clash of the Titans" (2010) and its sequel "Wrath of the Titans" (2012), "Man on a Ledge" (2012), "Everest" (2015), "Hacksaw Ridge" (2016), "The Shack" (2017) and "Fractured" (2019). He will appear in the "Avatar" sequels "Avatar 2" (2021) and "Avatar 3" (2022). He also played Captain Alex Mason in the video game "" (2010). He appeared again as Mason in "" (2012) and "" (2018). He also played real-life FBI profiler Jim Fitzgerald in the drama miniseries "" (2017).
Worthington was born in Godalming, Surrey, England. He moved to Perth, Western Australia with his family when he was a baby. He grew up in Warnbro, a suburb Rockingham, Western Australia. He married model Lara Bingle in 2014. The couple have two children. Worthington is a Christian.
Jai Courtney
Jai Stephen Courtney (born 15 March 1986) is an Australian actor. In 2010, he played the role of Varro in the television series "Spartacus". He has appeared in the movies "Jack Reacher" (2012), "A Good Day to Die Hard" (2013), "I, Frankenstein" (2013), "Divergent" (2014), "Unbroken" (2014), "" (2015), "Terminator Genisys" (2015), "Suicide Squad" (2016) and "Storm Boy" (2019).
Courtney was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He grew up in Cherrybrook, a suburb of Sydney. He lives in Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California.
Karen Uhlenbeck
Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck (born August 24, 1942) is an American mathematician. She is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin. At the moment, she is a visiting associate at the Institute for Advanced Study and a visiting senior research scholar at Princeton University. In 2000, she was awarded the National Medal of Science.
Uhlenbeck won the 2019 Abel Prize. She won it for her major work in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory and integrable systems. Another reason she got the Abel Prize was for her key impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics. She is the first woman to win the prize.
Uhlenbeck was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is of Estonian ancestry. She is married to biochemist Olke C. Uhlenbeck.
Spooky Scary Skeletons
Spooky Scary Skeletons is a 1996 Halloween song by Andrew Gold. It is the most well known of the songs from Gold's album "Halloween Howls".
In 2010, the song was uploaded to YouTube by Three Ply Chord. , it has been seen over 27 million times. An extended dance mix of the song has had over 84 million views.