“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it." -- Voltaire
December 11, 2022

On this date in 1989 the Recording Industry Association of America certified four Led Zeppelin albums as multi-platinum: Presence (2 million), Led Zeppelin (4 million), Physical Graffiti (4 million) and In Through The Out Door (5 million). Led Zeppelin, Kashmir (see above.)

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Attention space nerds! 50 years ago, Apollo 17 astronauts captured the iconic "Blue Marble" photo of the Earth.

Round Up by driftglass of the Professional Left Podcast and Science Fiction University.

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