Starfleet dress uniform tunics at the time of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard’s command of the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-E, were largely white.
In 1701 the Swedish calendar had been in use for one year. It was used for 12 years, from 1700 to 1712. It was one day ahead of the Julian calendar, and ten days behind the Gregorian.
In 1753, one year later than England and its colonies, Sweden introduced the Gregorian calendar. The leap of 11 days was accomplished in one step, with February 17 being followed by March 1.
February 30, 1712 was an actual day in the Swedish calendar.
February 30, 1712 is the only time in known, recorded history that February 30 was an actual date that was used. Sweden claims that honor.
Out Of Play: Hmmm . . . that last one seems suspiciously similar to my fact so I claim retribution under the 1937 Cairo Accords and play Jubilee.
In play: The full moon in February is called the Snow Moon. However, the length of February being less than the synodic period on the Moon (a hair over 29.5 days) it is possible for there to be no full moon in February. This last occurred in 2018 and will occur next in 2037.
A Blue Moon is the second full moon that occurs in one calendar month.
According to some lore, a Black Moon is the second new moon that occurs in one calendar month. Another definition of a Black Moon refers to the third new moon that occurs in one season, while still another refers to a February without a full moon, as described by @Saint_Cad.
Yeah, you got me there.
In play: February 30, 1712 in Sweden…
Just kidding.
Here you go: a black moon can mean a month with no new moon. This can only happen in a February having 28 days because the lunar cycle lasts 29 days. In the 50 years from 1990-2040 there will be only three such black moons, in 1999, 2018, and 2037.
A black moon can also mean the second new moon in a month. There is no official definition.
Not in play:
ETA: should have read ‘February without a new moon’, as pointed out by @Bullitt.
Carry on.
Black Moon Rising is a 1986 action thriller movie, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Hamilton, Richard Jaeckel, and Robert Vaughn. The film’s plot is centered on the theft of the “Black Moon,” a prototype vehicle which uses water for fuel.
King Robert Baratheon was the first and, given the parentage of his children (unbeknownst to him, incestuously sired by his brother-in-law Ser Jaime Lannister and given birth by his Queen, Ser Jaime’s sister, Cersei), the only Baratheon to sit the Iron Throne of Westeros in the tales of George R.R. Martin. After the very successful run of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, a prequel also based on Martin’s writings, is now airing on HBO.
The Komodo dragon, also known as the Komodo monitor, is a member of the monitor lizard family. It is the largest extant species of lizard, growing up to 10 feet long and weighing up to 150 pounds. It has recently been determined that the Komodo dragon possesses a potent venom, which can kill large animals within a few hours.
Komodo is an island in Indonesia where the Komodo dragon comes from. Komodo Island is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands and forms part of the Komodo National Park. National Park was created in 1980 to protect the dragon.
Map —
This is not in play.
When I was doing a search on Komodo dragons, I came across this site, which housed this quote:
Komodo dragons are extremely dangerous and venomous, and the best thing to do is stay away from them. They are not the best idea to keep pets as they are fierce hunters and difficult to tame. They can be very dangerous to keep around children or even adult humans
Just in case anybody was considering adopting a Komodo.
The Freshman is a 1990 comedy film, starring Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Penelope Ann Miller, and Bruno Kirby.
The film’s plot revolves around a mobster. played by Brando, in a style very similar to his Vito Corleone character from The Godfather, as the character in this film claims to have been the inspiration for Corleone. Brando’s character runs an illicit club where wealthy patrons dine on endangered species – the chosen animal to be dined on during the film is a Komodo dragon.
(I haven’t seen this film since it came out; I may have to fix that soon. 
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The first feature film to use computer generated imagery (CGI) was Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo in 1958. The graphics for the opening credits were created by linking a WWII anti-aircraft mechanical targeting computer called “The M5 gun director” to a rotating platform under a pendulum to create the mesmerizing spirals in the title sequence.
A logarithmic spiral is one where the distance between the turnings increase in a geometric progression, whereas for an Archimedes spiral the turnings are equidistant.
Logarithmic spirals abound in nature: they can be seen in pineapples, in the heads of sunflowers, storm cyclones, and in the arms of spiral galaxies.
A tropical cyclone is a type of rotating storm system, which forms over warm ocean waters in tropical regions.
In different regions of the world, these storms are known by different names (though all are the same variety of storm system): in the northern Atlantic Ocean, and the northeastern Pacific Ocean, strong tropical cyclones are usually referred to as hurricanes. In the northwestern Pacific Ocean, such a storm is referred to as a typhoon, while in other areas (such as the Indian Ocean and southern Pacific Ocean), they are usually referred to as cyclones.
The official dates for hurricane season in the Atlantic are June 1 through November 30. It is possible, however, for hurricanes to form earlier or later in the year. The earliest recorded date for a hurricane is in January, while the latest is in December.
(Seems to me, then, that all year round is hurricane season…)
White House staff and President John F. Kennedy’s Secret Service detail removed the President’s body from Parkland Memorial Hospital after his assassination on November 22, 1963, over the objections of the local coroner, who demanded that the body remain in Dallas for an autopsy as required by Texas law. An autopsy was done later that night at the U.S. Naval Medical Hospital in Bethesda, Md. Questions persist, unfortunately, as to the adequacy of that procedure, and whether or not the report was changed due to official pressure.
JFK’s autopsy was performed at Bethesda Naval Hospital (aka Walter Reed) per Jackie’s request. She chose Bethesda because JFK was Navy.
There were two signed death certificates for President Kennedy.
Signed on 11/23/1963 by JFK’s personal physician, Rear Admiral George Burkley, it was the first death certificate. On it was noted that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the skull. He described the fatal head wound as something “shattering in type causing a fragmentation of the skull and evulsion of three particles of the skull at time of the impact, with resulting maceration of the right hemisphere of the brain.” He also noted “a second wound occurred in the posterior back at about the level of the third thoracic vertebra”.
Signed on 12/06/1963 by Theron Ward, a Justice of the Peace in Dallas County, it stated that Kennedy died “as a result of two gunshot wounds (1) near the center of the body and just above the right shoulder, and (2) 1 inch to the right center of the back of the head.”